Street Works Co-Ordinator

Balfour Beatty plc; Warwick; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working (up to 40% remote)

25 days annual leave

Pension

Share incentive plan

Job summary

Balfour Beatty Living Places in Warwick is seeking a Street Works Coordinator to manage permit lifecycles and ensure safe, compliant highway works.

You’ll coordinate permit applications, TTROs and liaise with local authorities and contractors, while keeping master schedules accurate and on track. The role emphasizes collaboration, attention to detail and right-first-time submissions in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Experience managing street works permits through the full permit lifecycle.
• Good understanding of NRSWA, permit schemes, TTRO processes and street works legislation.
• Experience using systems such as Street Manager, Confirm or similar industry platforms.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and right-first-time submissions.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full lifecycle of street works permits and related activities.
• Submit and coordinate permit applications, licences and TTROs.
• Monitor permit status and ensure timely actions.
• Coordinate permit modifications, refusals, starts, reinstatements and closures.
• Produce daily permit reports and update operational teams.
• Collaborate with Agents, Supervisors and Operations Managers to plan and permit works.
• Liaise with local authorities, clients and external stakeholders on permit requirements.
• Keep master programmes and permit records up to date.
• Escalate risks, issues or programme impacts to relevant teams.

Skills

Street works permits

NRSWA knowledge

TTRO processes

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Project coordination

Tools

Street Manager

Confirm

Microsoft Project

Job description

About The Role

Location: Budbrooke, Warwick -

Business Unit: Balfour Beatty Living Places

Shape a network that keeps communities moving

At Balfour Beatty, we're creating and maintaining the infrastructure that communities rely on every day. We're looking for a Street Works Coordinator to join our Planning and Permitting team in Warwick, playing a key role in ensuring highway maintenance and improvement works are delivered safely, compliantly and on time.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with street works permitting experience who enjoys working collaboratively with operational teams, local authorities and stakeholders to coordinate works across the highway network.

What you'll be doing

As a Street Works Coordinator, you'll manage the full lifecycle of street works permits and associated activities, helping to ensure planned works are delivered efficiently and in line with all legislative requirements.

Key Responsibilities Include

• Managing street works permits from application through to closure.
• Submitting and coordinating permit applications, licences and Temporary Traffic Regulation Orders (TTROs).
• Monitoring permit status, ensuring actions are completed within required timescales.
• Coordinating permit modifications, refusals, starts, reinstatements and closures.
• Producing daily permit reports and communicating updates to operational teams.
• Working closely with Agents, Supervisors and Operations Managers to ensure works are appropriately planned and permitted.
• Liaising with local authorities, clients and external stakeholders regarding permit requirements.
• Updating master programmes and maintaining accurate permit records.
• Escalating risks, issues or potential programme impacts to the relevant teams.

Who we're looking for

We're looking for someone who combines strong technical knowledge with excellent organisation and communication skills.

Essential

• Experience managing street works permits through the full permit lifecycle.
• Good understanding of NRSWA, permit schemes, TTRO processes and street works legislation.
• Experience using systems such as Street Manager, Confirm or similar industry platforms.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and commitment to achieving right-first-time submissions.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work collaboratively within a fast-paced environment.

Desirable

• Experience working within highways maintenance or local authority contracts.
• Knowledge of utility coordination and traffic management requirements.
• Experience using planning software such as Microsoft Project.
• Previous experience working with supply chain partners and contractors.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Benefits

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About Us

Balfour Beatty Living Places works in long-term partnerships with local authorities to create great places to live, work and play. We actively engage with local people to understand the needs of the communities we work in and shape the places where local economies can thrive and grow. As a leader in sustainable working, diversity, and social value, we use our expertise to bring real, positive change for our customers.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: [e-mail]