Senior Heavy Vehicle Technical Officer — Flexible Working

Government Recruitment Service; Crawley; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer pension contribution

25 days annual leave

Flexible working

Job summary

The Heavy Vehicle Technical Officer role at Government Recruitment Service in Crawley requires assessing complex vehicle applications and ensuring compliance with DVSA standards. You will lead technical assessments for first tests, conversions and type-approved vehicles, advise operators and manufacturers, and collaborate with policy teams to develop new guidance.

The package includes a 28.97% employer pension contribution, 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), and flexible working options

Responsibilities

• Provide professional assessment of heavy vehicle statutory test applications for both first test and vehicle conversion, checking reports and supporting documentation, ensuring compliance.
• Provide technical support to non-technical processing teams and act as an advisory service to front line staff, operators, manufacturers, trade organisations, other agencies as well as the public on a variety of subjects including DVSA and related services, responding to written and verbal enquiries in a timely manner.
• Investigate possible solutions to solve issues or mitigate risks.
• Collaborate with the Vehicle Policy Team on new initiatives and developing new requirements and standards, for example where there are regulatory changes or to improve clarity within existing publications.
• Communicate positively and effectively with internal and external customers to ensure a full understanding of their requirements and to ensure a concise accurate response is delivered via technical inbox
• Provide support to the Heavy Vehicle Processing Manager, representing DVSA at trade events and to carry out ad hoc related tasks.
• Maintain relevant data bases as required.

Job description

The Heavy Vehicle Technical Officer role at Government Recruitment Service in Crawley requires assessing complex vehicle applications and ensuring compliance with DVSA standards. You will lead technical assessments for first tests, conversions and type-approved vehicles, advise operators and manufacturers, and collaborate with policy teams to develop new guidance.

The package includes a 28.97% employer pension contribution, 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), and flexible working options