What's involved with this role: Temporary Permit Officer - Traffic Management Job Ref: Cambridgeshire RQ1378159 Pay Rate: £16.26 per hour PAYE Hours per week: 37 Monday to Friday, normal working hours Role Length: This opening assignment is for 2-3 months City: Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire A Permit Officer is required to assist in the operation and management of the Cambridgeshire Permit Scheme for Roadworks and Streetworks in accordance with the Statutory Guidance and National Conditions for Permit Schemes, New Roads and Street Works Act (NRSWA) 1991 and Traffic Management Act (TMA) 2004 to minimise disruption to highway users. To ensure all permits are reviewed, co-ordinated and managed accurately and efficiently to ensure the safe and expeditious movement of traffic including pedestrians. Key responsibilities: Analyse and deal with permit applications accurately and efficiently within the agreed timescales and in line with Statutory Guidance, National Conditions and the Cambridgeshire Permit Scheme. Assist in the coordination of permits working as part of a team to resolve any conflicts, refusals or variation requests which must be acted on immediately. Liaise with the utility company to a satisfactory conclusion. Work as a team with Street Works Officers to assist in the processing of Temporary Traffic Regulation Orders, Roadspace Bookings and Licences. Maintain precise and accurate and up to date records in line with permit procedures, NRSWA and TMA legislation. Assist in managing the fees, fines, charges and FPNs and ensure they are managed in line with New Roads and Streetworks Act, Traffic Management Act, associated Statutory Guidance and Codes of Practices. Assist in dealing with all aspects of Section 74 and FPN investigations including ascertaining responsibility, charge liability and correspondence with the utility company. Maintain accurate records to enable comparison. Communicate consistently and effectively with utility companies regarding permit refusals, permit conditions and variations. Qualifications: 2 ‘A’ levels or a certificate in Civil Engineering or equivalent relevant experience. Skills & Experience: Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation. Demonstrate and prove working knowledge and experience and implementation of Permit Schemes, knowledge of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, Traffic Management Act 2004 and the Statutory Guidance and National Conditions for Permit Schemes, use of Insight/Symology systems, or relevant mapping systems. Significant experience of using computerised mapping systems. Experience of a computerised street works database system to analyse and input street works notices / permits. Use of Insight/Symology systems, or relevant equivalent. Ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines. Good interpersonal and written communication skills Good organisational and record keeping skills. Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite). Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for. Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service. Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside – there is no need for a full address. Please feel free to apply to us direct via jobstclrec.com by quoting the job reference and exact job title. To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would ask that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, not as a PDF. If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity. Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles. S Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please