Streetworks Support Officer | County Wide, Lancashire

Salary 25,183- 27,269 | Full Time, Permanent, 37 hours per week | County wide, Lancashire

The Streetworks team is responsible for ensuring Lancashire County Council meets its obligations under the New Roads and Street Works Act, Traffic Management Act, Highways Act, Road Traffic Act and Lancashire Permit Scheme. You will have responsibility for a range of additional functions which includes the licencing and permitting of skips, scaffolding & hoarding; managing and co-ordinating occupancy of the highway for events, highway works and highway development schemes, processing of road closures (Temporary Traffic Regulation Orders) and management of illegal occupation of the Highway.

As the Streetworks Support Officer you will play an important role in supporting the co-ordination and management of works, events, and a wide range of other related activities on the highway network. With the aim of minimising disruption and delays to highway users. This will include liaising with utility companies, third party contractors and internal Lancashire County Council departments. To ensure they comply with all relevant Statutory legislation, regulations, codes of practice and guidance. Which include the Traffic management Act, New Roads Streetworks Act, Highways Act and the Lancashire Permit Scheme.

Ideally you will have excellent customer services skills, knowledge of Street Manager and associated interface solutions. These are not essential as training will be provided.

The post is a permanent full-time position (37 hours per week) based at our highway offices in Bamber Bridge, Preston. The team operates on a 5 over 7 working weeks so working weekends on a rota basis is required. The working hours are 8:30am to 4:30pm. The role will cover the whole of the County.

Please ensure you have uploaded and attached your supporting statement to evidence how you meet the criteria for the role. The panel may be unable to shortlist you for interview without this evidence.

In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.

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