Permit Officer in Chelmsford

Permit Officer

Contract: Essex Highways

Location: Chelmsford

Contract Type: Permanent (Part time/20hours)

Essex Highways (EH), one of the nation's leading highway networks, is managed through a dynamic partnership between Essex County Council (ECC) and Ringway Jacobs. In this role, you will collaborate closely with our contractual partner to deliver exceptional highway services. Your responsibilities will include investigating and monitoring streetworks, as well as supporting the coordination of various resources. This role is pivotal in fulfilling our network management duties and ensuring the safety of the traveling public.

The Role

•Contribute to delivery of the Network Management Duty
•To help in the operation of the Permit Scheme in accordance with Scheme Document and Section 3 of the Traffic Management Act.
•Assist the Senior Permit Officer and other Senior Officers to ensure delivery of the Essex Highways and Essex Permit Scheme objectives, as defined in agreed service plans, in accordance with all council and Essex Highways standards and policies.
•Assess and process Streetworks permits within requisite timescales and in accordance with good practice and legislation ensuring that the appropriate conditions are applied as necessary
•Taking ownership of your own workload whilst assisting with the team’s workload as capacity allows.

About You

•GCSE grades A-C/9-4 in Maths and English
•Good working knowledge of Microsoft applications including Excel & Power BI
•We are looking for a thorough, disciplined and detailed oriented person
•Continually seeks out opportunity, practising and encouraging a culture of strategic excellence
•Ability to think logically and apply detailed analysis of data

Benefits

At Ringway Jacobs we recognise that our people make the difference, and in order to do what we do well, particular care is taken in nurturing and investing in our people. That’s why you will always be given the opportunity to utilise your expertise and develop your career.

Ringway Jacobs recognises the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements across many of our roles. We therefore welcome applications from people looking for an alternative working pattern e.g. part-time hours, job share etc. Please let us know on your CV or cover letter if this is what you are looking for.

In return for your hard work you will receive:
- Sick Pay
- Competitive salary
- Opportunity to purchase up to 5 days extra leave
- A variety of discounts through our “RJ Rewards” app, including restaurants, holidays, days out etc
- Life Assurance
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Pension scheme

The Company

We are Ringway Jacobs, a leading highways service provider working with local authorities across the UK. Formed in 2005, specifically to provide road network management solutions to local government, our unique blend of engineering capability, innovation and customer care make us the best in class. We support over 10,000 miles of highways, 10,000 miles of footway, almost 7,800 miles of public rights of way and 242,000 street lights. We excel in delivering safe, sustainable service excellence, through our passion, integrity and collaborative culture.

Ringway Jacobs is an equal opportunities employer. We wish to ensure equality of opportunity in employment and the fair treatment of all our employees.