Streetworks Technician

Streetworks Technician

Contract: Essex Highways

Location: Brentwood

Contract Type: Permanent

Essex Highways (EH) is responsible for managing and maintaining one of the largest highway networks in the country. EH is a delivery partnership between Essex County Council (ECC) and Ringway Jacobs. ?In this role you will work alongside our contractual partner to deliver highways services. Assist with the investigation and monitoring of streetworks, supporting and assisting with the co-ordination of a range of resources maximising opportunities to deliver our network management duty and safety for the travelling 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 Streetworks Technician 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.

• Responsible for ensuring that enquiries and complaints from members of the public, elected members, officers throughout the council and external agencies in relation to the service are responded to accurately and are within the required timescales.

• To provide high quality responses to written enquiries where information is available electronically and to forward promptly to relevant officers within the Streetworks Team where further research is required.

• Process Streetworks permit applications within requisite timescales and in accordance with good practice and legislation ensuring that the applicants are aware at all times of the status.

Job Description

About You

• GCSE grades A-C/9-4 in Maths and English

• Good working knowledge of Microsoft applications including Excel & Power BI

• Excellent attention to detail, especially when financial reports are being read and reconciled for reporting purposes.

• Ability to prioritise own work to support business priorities. Manages own performance and seeks feedback to improve where identified

• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with key people both internally and externally

• Ability to prioritise work to support business priorities

• Ability to work in an ordered and logical manner, being able to prioritise conflicting tasks and demands

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.

If you require further details, please contact our Recruitment Team on 0330 311 2502 or e-mail them on careers@ringwayjacobs.com, or click on the "Apply Now" button. This will take you to a login page, where you will need to create an account to continue your application. Once you have created an account you will be able to see where your application is up to and apply for other opportunities within Ringway Jacobs.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments to be made as part of the application process please contact us directly.

We have a dedicated recruitment team and politely request that agencies refrain from contacting anyone across our businesses with regards to speculative CV's or offering to assist with our vacancies, thank you.

Please click on the following link for more information on this role: Job Description

To find out more about what we do click here - www.ringway-jacobs.co.uk