Streetworks Manager

Kier Group; St. Austell; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group is seeking a Streetworks Manager - Compliance to lead the Streetworks Compliance function from our St. Austell base. The role focuses on statutory compliance, reducing financial risk and driving operational excellence through monitoring, reporting and coaching.

You will work with Highway Authorities, contractors and senior management to strengthen compliance and drive performance across the business. Prior leadership and strong communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Significant experience within Streetworks, Utilities, Highways or Infrastructure operations.
• Knowledge of Streetworks legislation, permitting and compliance requirements.
• Proven ability to lead investigations, resolve disputes and manage escalated issues.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Compliance, Section 81 and Reinstatement Teams to meet operational requirements.
• Act as the primary escalation point for Streetworks compliance issues and implement corrective actions.
• Oversee the review and management of Fixed Penalty Notices, challenging disputes and producing management reports.
• Review Section 74 overrun charges and support teams in reducing financial exposure.
• Analyse compliance data to identify recurring issues and develop improvement strategies to reduce costs and risk.

Skills

Streetworks experience

Utilities/Highways/Infrastructure

Legal compliance knowledge

Investigations & disputes

Stakeholder management

Training & coaching

Job description

Streetworks Manager

We're looking for a Streetworks Manager - Compliance to join our team based in St.Austell.

Location: St. Austell
Hours: Full time - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead our Streetworks Compliance function and play a key role in ensuring statutory compliance, reducing financial risk, and driving operational excellence across the business. You'll have the chance to influence business-wide performance through effective monitoring, reporting, coaching, and stakeholder management, whilst working collaboratively with Highway Authorities, contractors, operational teams, and senior management.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Streetworks Manager - Compliance, you'll be working within the Compliance team, supporting them in ensuring statutory compliance and driving operational performance. Your day to day will include:

• Leading and managing the Compliance, Section 81 and Reinstatement Teams to meet operational requirements
• Acting as the primary escalation point for Streetworks compliance issues and implementing corrective actions
• Overseeing the review and management of Fixed Penalty Notices, challenging disputes and producing management reports
• Reviewing Section 74 overrun charges and supporting teams in reducing financial exposure
• Analysing compliance data to identify recurring issues and developing improvement strategies to reduce costs and risk

What are we looking for?

This role of Streetworks Manager - Compliance is great for you if:

• You have significant experience within Streetworks, Utilities, Highways or Infrastructure operations
• You possess strong knowledge of Streetworks legislation, permitting and compliance requirements
• You have proven ability to lead investigations, resolve disputes and manage escalated issues
• You bring excellent stakeholder management skills, including working with Highway Authorities and contractors
• You're a confident communicator with experience delivering training and coaching

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

If you would like to explore more about the incredible growth and scale of our water business, dive into our diverse project portfolios, and uncover both current and future career opportunities, you can see more information about our water business here. There's never been a better time to get involved.

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.

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