Highway Network Planner

Job Title: Highway Network Planner

Job Reference: Not Applicable

Location: Not Specified

Job Type: Full-time

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Monday to Friday 9am-5pm

Pay: £20.00ph paid weekly via umbrella

Duration: Ongoing Contract

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled Highway Network Planner to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring that all notices, licence and permit applications received satisfy legislative specifications and that Council objectives are achieved.

Key Responsibilities:

• To support the Principal Network Planning Officers, Team Leader and Head of Service to ensure that all notices, licence and permit applications received satisfy legislative specifications and that Council objectives are achieved.
• Represent the Council as an officer to educate and work in partnership with relevant organisations to enhance the safety and well-being of the public
• To work as part of the Network Management team in accordance with statutory requirements and in compliance with relevant Council policies and procedures
• Responsible for ensuring all invoices and payments are processed in a timely manner
• Responsible for drafting of temporary traffic management orders together with the associated notices and maintaining NRSW Act Permit Register and as and when required the Local Street Gazetteer.
• To deliver the Councils statutory functions by ensuring compliance with the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 and the Traffic Management Act 2004 and all associated codes of practice including the London Permit Scheme
• Responsible for the day to day supervision, including allocation and prioritisation of works in order to achieve a high level of performance and customer service and ensure that the council meets its Network Management Duty in the co-ordination, permitting and licencing of activities affecting the borough highway network.
• Support the Team Leader and Head of Service when they represent the Council at public inquiries, public meetings, external organisations and Council committee meetings, quarterly Co-ordination meetings, with works promoters, highways contractor performance monitoring meetings, attendance at quarterly regional street work forums, and any other street works working party meetings, providing technical information and reports for service related issues.
• To provide a supervisory role within Highway Network Management and act as a coach and provide expert guidance to other Network Compliance Officers and Technicians Support Officers designated to support them in delivering effective services.
• To process notice/permit applications received from Statutory Undertakers and Highway Authority to ensure compliance with the relevant codes of practice and specifications and that applications are co-ordinated with other proposed activities to ensure that the council complies with its network management duty
• To assess applications for Street works Licences and ensure they are completed accurately, include all relevant documentation and that payments are processed through the council's financial system
• To issue Fixed Penalty notices for permit / notice offences committed as set out by relevant legislation and the Council's Fixed Penalty Notice policy. To produce reports and attend dispute resolution meetings with the Team Leader on the issue of fixed penalty notices providing technical/legislative advise
• To issue notices to statutory undertakers and other departments in relation to the timing of activities on the highway network
• To ensure that accurate records are maintained in the Council's Street works / Permit Register in accordance with the relevant code of practice and that all errors are reported back to applicants

Requirements:

• Knowledge and comprehensive understanding of relevant technical/professional standards, codes of practice and regulations related to the Traffic Management Act 2004 and New Roads and Street Works Act 1991.
• Comprehensive working knowledge of the London Permit Scheme
• Comprehensive working knowledge of Local and National Street Gazetteer.
• Good understanding of traffic management requirements and arrangements for highway events and activities.
• Experience of planning and coordinating public utilities works and other street works with evidence of achieving deliverables / outcomes on time.