Technical Management Officer

As a Technical Management Officer in our highway licensing team your primary purpose will be to prepare licenses and permits for various activity undertaken on the highway network by third parties. This will include site meetings, site inspections and from time to time offer advice to licence/permit applicants. You will also prepare invoices and carry out some financial management to ensure accurate recording of income. You will assist with the gathering of evidence for enforcement under the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 and the Highways Act 1980. Where appropriate, assist in the preparation of briefings and reports on behalf of the Team Leader. You will liaise with a number of other Council Officers, in particular the Street Works Team, Planning and Traffic Officers.

We are seeking an ambitious, self-motivated Technical Management Officer who can bring new experience and knowledge into our team, to assist in delivery of our Highway Licensing Activities., Your style and approach will reflect our values: you will be passionate about what you do always striving to improve things; valuing and respecting others' contribution, you will work together to deliver a better service; you will take pride in always getting things right first time and learn from when things do go wrong; you will enjoy taking personal responsibility to resolve issues and change what you do and how you do it to make a difference.

You will require effective written and oral communication skills and well-developed numeracy skills. Have excellent organisational skills and be a good team worker. You will require the ability to set and work to prescribed deadlines and targets.

Salford has changed and is continuing to change: at the heart of our approach are ambitious plans to transform Salford into a modern global city where we can all make a real difference to the lives of Salford people. As a people centred and values based organisation Salford really is a great place to work. With a positive permission culture and can do approach, we embrace innovation and encourage performance. Salford City Council currently has an exciting vacancy within our Highway Asset and Maintenance team

You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged and you will have the opportunity to work and grow in a values based organisation where people are at the heart of everything we do. We promote a positive permission culture, empowering you to make a difference. Your opinions matter to us and you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things through our Salford 100 employee group and our employee led redesign approach. Your work-life balance and wellbeing are important to us so you will have access to a range of benefits including flexible working, green travel, pension and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition to this we offer a range of health and wellbeing options to suit your needs.

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Guaranteed Assessment Scheme

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salary from

£30,296

contract

permanent

working hours

full time