Streetworks and Comms Co-ordinator

**About the role**
As a Streetworks Permit and Comms co-ordinator, you will work as part of a responsive and resilient team delivering highways and engineering schemes in Telford. Your role will include creating and issuing NRSWA permits to the Streetworks authority in line with the West and Shires Permit (WASP) Scheme. This role will be based in **Telford, West Midlands**

**What you'll be doing**
You will provide support to schemes managers to coordinating Streetworks permits and communications for all capital programme works prior to works commencing on site.
- Identifying discrepancies and conflicts, seeking to resolve problems in the first instance and encourage collaborative working.
- Replying to permit modifications and queries
- Ensuring that the correct conditions are included in permits that seek to lessen the impact of street works activity and minimise disruption to highway users.
- Monitoring the location, timing and duration of activities taking place on the highway
- Helping to co-ordinate road space usage under relevant legislation
- Liaising with & supporting Scheme Managers
- Preparation for and attendance at Quarterly Streetworks Coordination meetings
- Attendance at weekly Annual Plan meetings
- Ensure Permit and Comms KPI’s are achieved

**Who we're looking for**
- Good communication and interpersonal skills, verbal and written, with ability to deal with difficult or confrontational situations
- Flexible and adaptable and able to respond positively to changing circumstances
- Able to work on their own initiative and be able to schedule & prioritise workload.
- High level of resilience, attention to detail, emotional intelligence and able to keep calm under pressure
- A person whose attitudes, conduct and demeanour reflects Balfour Beatty values and who can effectively represent and promote the reputation of the company;
- Familiarity with relevant aspects of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, Traffic Management Act 2004 is essential
- GCSE (A to C level) or equivalent including English and Maths
- Good working level of computer literacy and knowledge of Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint (or equivalent packages)
- Familiarity with the Pitney Bowes Confirm System would be useful but not essential as training and support will be provided
- A full driving licence would be beneficial.

**Why work for us**
Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.

**About us**
The way we live our lives is changing fast: where and how we live, work, travel, shop, relax and socialise. The evolving nature of our society means we all need to shape our environment to meet a complex array of individual and collective needs.

Wherever investment in these environments is needed, Living Places works in partnership with Local Authorities to consult, finance, design, build and manage the essential place infrastructure that local communities and national economies need to prosper and grow.

We are right at the heart of a dynamic place shaping agenda that brings Local Authorities, local communities, Central Government, and the Private Sector together to create safe, sustainable, flexible and dynamic public spaces geared to community social need, economic growth and personal well-being as well as being environmentally sustainable.

The provision of maintenance services for highways is only a small part of what is really needed. Our focus has moved beyond the road to deliver the potential of the street: a dynamic public place that connects and combines local community and business needs, encourages social interaction and helps pedestrians, motorists, bus riders, and cyclists to coexist safely. Building great public spaces with resource efficient assets enables functional, flexible and inspirational places to be at the heart of the community.

We value diversity and celebrate individual differences, believing that our inclusive culture helps the business continue to grow as a strong, dynamic and innovative organisation.

Balfour Beatty is a corporate signatory to WISE (Women in Science & Engineering). Our aim is to attract more people from diverse backgrounds to help us build on our inclusive culture. We are a member of the workingmums.co.uk Top Employers' Charter through which we demonstrate our commitment to enabling parents to progress and enhance their careers whilst managing the challenges of family life.

Job Reference: BBUK02936