Job Description

Contract: Essex Highways

Location: Chelmsford

Contract Type: Permanent

Help Keep Essex Moving - Join Essex Highways as a Streetworks Support Assistant



Essex Highways (EH) is proud to manage one of the largest and most complex highway networks in the country. As a collaborative partnership between Essex County Council (ECC) and Ringway Jacobs, we are committed to delivering safe, efficient, and high-quality highways services.



In this role, you'll work closely with our contractual partners to support the investigation and monitoring of streetworks. You'll assist in coordinating a variety of resources to help fulfil our network management duties, ensuring the safety and efficiency of travel for all road users across Essex.

The Role

Assist the Senior Compliance Officer 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. Review, process & invoice all fees and charges within requisite timescales and in accordance with good practice and legislation Prepare and serve Fixed Penalty Notices (FPN) under the appropriate legislative sections of the suite of street works legislation available & review candidate breaches of legislation and undertake the necessary enforcement actions based upon the evidence provided for both criminal and civil offences Proactively ensure the reconciliation of invoices and work with Accounts Receivable and other partners to maximise debt recovery of all Streetworks Fees and charges

About You

GCSE grades A-C/9-4 in Maths and English (Essential) Good working knowledge of Microsoft applications including Excel & Outlook (Essential) We are looking for a thorough, disciplined and detailed oriented person Continually seeks out opportunity, practising and encouraging a culture of strategic excellence Ability to think logically and apply detailed analysis of data

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. 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.