Highway Authority Compliance Specialist

4 weeks ago

Leicestershire, United Kingdom Leicestershire County Council Full time

About the Role

Leicestershire County Council is responsible for managing its highway network effectively, controlling congestion, and providing safe and reliable journeys to road users. The Network Management Service plays a crucial role in implementing the Council's Local Transport Plan, focusing on the management, coordination, and inspection of temporary road and street works, as well as events affecting the highway.

The Streetworks Compliance Inspector role is essential in delivering the Council's statutory responsibility under the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991. This involves inspecting activities on Leicestershire's highway network, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations, statutory guidance, and codes of practice. When necessary, actions are taken, and penalties are applied to enforce these controls.

The nature of the work may involve working outside normal hours and at different locations than the designated base.

About You

To be successful in this role, you must hold or have:

  • NVQ4 or equivalent, BTEC Higher in Civil Engineering & NRSWA 1991 Supervisor accreditation, or demonstratable evidence of skills and experience in the Job Specification.
  • Experience of working within highways maintenance or civil engineering sectors and of working with utility providers.
  • Experience of using IT in a design office/business environment, including Microsoft Office or equivalent software, and of interpreting and writing technical and non-technical reports and providing technical advice or drawings.
  • Experience of problem investigation and assessment.
  • Knowledge of current highways legislation, including the New Roads & Street Works Act and the Highway Act, together with highway design standards, construction methods, and specialist materials.
  • Knowledge of highway inspection procedures and standards, of traffic management legislation and practice, and of Highways Act and CDM regulations.
  • Experience of communicating with a range of audiences, including presentation and telephone skills, together with the ability to remain calm and positive in challenging circumstances and respond confidently to customers and colleagues with understanding and diplomacy while maintaining an objective and professional stance.

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity, and inclusion. Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances while still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the page on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Liz Hiskens, Network Manager

Telephone: 0116 3052614

Email:

How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: .

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