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Permit Officer
Job Posted: 2 hours ago
Salary: £ 18 - 19 / Hour
Job Type: Contract
Location: Lewisham, London
Expire in: a month
Job Description
Working as part of the Street Works Team, you will be:
Providing support in coordinating all works and events affecting the carriageways and footways on all Roads.
Providing support in ensuring the organisation carries out its Network Management Duty under the Traffic Management Act 2004.
Ensuring the Streetworks register is maintained and represents a true and accurate picture of works on the highway in Lewisham.
Playing a key role in achieving aims of continuous improvement in journey times, journey time reliability and customer satisfaction.
Responsibilities
To validate and check all permit applications and notices submitted to Lewisham's Streetworks Register using Street Manager and Confirm.
To validate and check all geographical information on permit applications.
To check all works against Section 58 and 58A restrictions, where possible resolving conflicts.
To check all works against road designations, special events database and engineering difficulties.
To check all works against parking restrictions and ensure applicant follows appropriate process for any suspensions necessary.
Enter permit applications and notices not submitted by third parties direct to Street Manager.
To proactively assess incoming notice/permit applications and where necessary disseminate information to team members for further investigation/action.
Ensure information on all granted permits is correct before sending.
Ensure information on all permit refusals is correct before sending.
To validate and check all start works and works clear or closed notices.
To validate and check reinstatement information, ensuring data is consistent with permit.
To issue Fixed Penalty Notices, recording and collating information to endure fine is correct.
To issue S50 licences and manage associated administration and deposit refunds.
Manage the administration process to create, where required, collate, check and distribute the performance indicators required for The London Permit Scheme.
Liaise with senior officers throughout the organisation. Maintain good communications with the public, officers of other authorities, government agencies, police, utility companies, London Buses, consultants and contractors.
Attend meetings taking minutes as appropriate.
Resolve issues raised concerning the Streetworks and Permitting part of the Confirm System, raising help desk calls with the supplier or the Lewisham I.T. help desk as required.
Maintain appropriate knowledge of current standards and legislation relative to the work of the service. Assist in ensuring compliance with statutory and legal requirements.
To record and file accurately correspondence and technical documents.
To provide support on specific policy, corporate and service plan areas as assigned,
To carry out other general administration work as may be required.
To undertake any other duties as required within the scope of the post.
Required
A good knowledge of computer systems, ideally of a Streetworks system such as Confirm and the Street Manager System.
Detailed knowledge of the London Permit Scheme.
Detailed knowledge of the current Health and Safety code and Chapter 8 of The Traffic Signs Manual.
Good communication skills.
Analytical and problem solving skills.
Experience of dealing effectively with utility companies and highway maintenance contractors.
Experience of the street works system Street Manager and ideally Confirm.
If interested, please submit CV and call Varsha on (phone number removed) between 9am to 5pm (Mon to Fri)Before You Apply
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