Programme and Permit Manager - 12 Month FTC

Balfour Beatty Living Places works in long-term partnerships with local authorities to create great places to live, work and play. We actively engage with local people to understand the needs of the communities we work in and shape the places where local economies can thrive and grow. As a leader in sustainable working, diversity, and social value, we use our expertise to bring real, positive change for our customers., Our projects are more than just your opportunity to make your mark. They're an opportunity to stretch, test and develop your expertise. Join our Living Places team based in Aylesbury on a 12 Month FTC as a Programme & Permit Manager and you'll deliver complex work that really matters to our business, and the world around you. To manage a team of Programme and Permit Coordinators and officers. Reporting to the Contract Manager, support the delivery of the Network Management Duty in line with the Buckinghamshire Highways requirements. What you'll be doing As a Programme & Permit Manager you will have the following accountabilities:

• To have an excellent working knowledge of the New Roads & Street Works Act and Traffic Management Act. To provide guidance and support across the Contract on road space requirements
• To have an excellent understanding, and experience of Network Management principals. Manage the day-to-day activities of the team, ensuring relevant workloads are covered, and actioned. To be the point of escalation for coordination issues and challenges, supporting the team as required. To drive joint discussions, bringing parties together to ensure collaborative working is maximised
• Manage the workload of the team, to ensure permits, programmes and other applications are responded to within the required timescales
• Liaise with customers, local authorities, and utilities to ensure positive relations are maintained and their observations and comments are considered to the benefit of the contract. Build on existing and create new relationships with new statutory undertakers enforcing the companies attitudes and values.
• Ensure processes for permit & licence applications, invoices, and Street Works charges are followed and updated to ensure income and cost recovery is maximised
• Provide regular reports to the Traffic & Network Manager as required.
  
  You will have the following:
• Educated to GCSE standard
• Excellent IT and report writing skills, with the ability to communicate at the highest levels
• Excellent working knowledge and experience of legislation and codes of practice as they relate to role
• Experience of working in a Network Management environment
• A working knowledge of Permit Schemes for road & street works., Disability Confident
About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion, Balfour Beatty Living Places works in long-term partnerships with local authorities to create great places to live, work and play. We actively engage with local people to understand the needs of the communities we work in and shape the places where local economies can thrive and grow. As a leader in sustainable working, diversity, and social value, we use our expertise to bring real, positive change for our customers.

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package that's right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits: - Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow. - 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata) - Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave - Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…