Senior Officer Metrology | Trading Standards | Bamber Bridge

A Senior Metrology Officer to work within Trading Standards at Lancashire County Council.

Are you a statutory qualified Metrology specialist, who has the technical experience and skills to deliver our statutory obligations. Our Metrology Team within the Trading Standards Service is a specialised team working alongside other teams including food standards, and we deliver essential statutory services to a variety of businesses and external stakeholders. Our role is to advise, guide and encourage legal compliance, with enforcement when necessary, to protect both the businesses and consumers within Lancashire.
We are seeking an experienced Metrology expert to professionally advise local businesses to be compliant with legal obligations required under the Weights and Measures Act 1985 - with your technical expertise you will make critical judgements to influence and encourage local businesses to comply with their statutory obligations to avoid enforcement - in this challenging role we will require you to influence businesses accordingly to any requirements or recommendations made - so if you have a proven track record in metrology, then don't hesitate to apply…
As a methodical and analytical thinker you will record and analyse metric's, consider timescales and plan accordingly to gather any data you require - you'll understand the importance of accuracy, attention to detail and review data to inform future projects or to produce reports to highlight common themes. In this varied role you'll be assessing a wide scope of equipment from petrol pumps, weighbridges and more, so we'll need you to consider each competing priority and plan accordingly to deliver our responsibilities with the support of the technical team - finally, we'll need you to be curious, inquisitive and to be able to commercially interpret data to generate income avenues for the team
As a confident professional, we'll need you to communicate to a wide audience of stakeholders, this could be business owners, customers, senior leaders, team members and more - in this challenging role you may need to have difficult conversations, so how you approach each situation will be key - you'll also be an exceptional team player and understand the importance of listening, guiding and collaborating with other's to achieve the best outcome for businesses and their customers - so if you're ready to uphold the standards of trade we expect, then apply to join our innovative team today.

If you're already a Lancashire County Council employee you must apply via the internal vacancies option on . You can do this by logging into Oracle Fusion and then going to Me - Current Jobs.

You will be required to provide a car for use in connection with the duties of this post and must be insured for business use. However, we may consider you if you cannot drive because of a disability.
We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.
In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.
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.