Compliance Officer

Compliance Officer

Location: Chelmsford

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract

Our client, Ringway Jacobs, a leading provider of integrated highways management, is seeking a Compliance Officer to join their team in Chelmsford.

Essex Highways (EH) is responsible for managing and maintaining one of the largest highway networks in the country. EH is a delivery partnership between Essex County Council (ECC) and Ringway Jacobs.  In this role you will work alongside our contractual partner to deliver highways services. Assist with the investigation and monitoring of streetworks, supporting and assisting with the co-ordination of a range of resources maximising opportunities to deliver our network management duty and safety for the travelling public.

The Role

• Contributing to the delivery of the Network Management Duty
• Helping the operation of the Permit Scheme in accordance with Scheme Document and Section 3 of the Traffic Management Act.
• Assisting 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.
• Reviewing and processing all fees and charges within requisite timescales and in accordance with good practice and legislation
• Ensuring all fees and charges are reviewed and are issued in accordance with the relevant legislation/code of practice/guidance documents
• Reviewing every fee and charge on a case-by-case basis ensuring that all relevant checks (photographs, permit history and any other required checks) are completed
• Ensuring that the Permit Team apply the appropriate conditions and discounts to permit applications & to ensure response times to permit applications are met by the team.
• Preparing and serving Fixed Penalty Notices (FPN) under the appropriate legislative sections of the suite of street works legislation available                     

About You

• You hold GCSE grades A-C/9-4 in Maths & English
• You have a good working knowledge of Microsoft applications, including Excel and Power BI
• You have experience with specialist applications or programmes for project management; or more specifically with ‘Confirm’
• You have knowledge of, or are willing to learn about, the operation of a Permit Scheme in accordance with Scheme Document and Section 3 of the Traffic Management Act, or other NRSWA related experience

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. As part of this commitment, we proudly support the Armed Forces Community by identifying roles for which we can offer a guaranteed interview to service leavers, veterans, reservists, cadet force adult volunteers, and military spouses/partners who meet the essential criteria for the position.

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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.