Streetworks Coordinator

Job Title

Streetworks Coordinator

Salary

Our salaries are competitive and reviewed regularly to ensure they remain fair and in line with the wider industry.

Location

Sheffield

Our Company

Doocey Group is a long-established civil engineering and utility contractor with over 40 years of industry experience. As a family-run business, we are built on strong Black Country values of professionalism, integrity and a dedication to high standards.

Doocey Traffic Management is a specialist division within the wider Doocey Group, providing high-quality traffic management services to support utility, civil engineering and infrastructure projects. Our traffic management teams play a key role in keeping works safe, compliant and moving efficiently, supporting both internal Doocey Group operations and external customers.

The Role

We are looking for an organised, proactive and detail-focused Streetworks Coordinator to join our Traffic Management business in Sheffield.

This role will be based in a small office environment and will be focused predominantly on the coordination, submission and management of streetworks permits, traffic management applications and council communications. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring that the correct permits, approvals and permissions are in place to support traffic management works across utility and civil engineering projects.

Responsibilities

* Preparing, submitting, managing and monitoring streetworks permits and traffic management applications

* Liaising regularly with councils and local authorities regarding permit submissions, conditions, amendments, refusals, queries and approvals

* Ensuring permit applications are accurate, complete and submitted within the required timescales

* Managing permit conditions and supporting operational teams to ensure works are carried out in line with local authority requirements

* Maintaining accurate records of permits, notices, approvals, correspondence and supporting documentation

* Monitoring live and upcoming permits to identify potential issues, delays, clashes or compliance risks

* Communicating permit updates clearly to internal teams, clients and operational colleagues

* Supporting the planning and coordination of traffic management works by ensuring the correct permissions are in place before works begin

* Responding promptly to council queries and working collaboratively to resolve permit-related issues

* Assisting with applications such as Temporary Traffic Regulation Orders, parking suspensions, road space bookings and other traffic management-related permissions where required

* Working closely with the wider traffic management and operational teams to help keep projects moving safely, efficiently and compliantly

* Supporting general office administration within a small Sheffield-based team

The Person

* Comfortable working in a small office environment

* Able to manage your own workload and keep on top of multiple permit deadlines at the same time

* Strong attention to detail, with an understanding of how permit delays, refusals or compliance issues can impact live works

* Excellent communicator, both internally and externally

* Proactive, calm under pressure and able to manage competing priorities

* Able to build positive working relationships with internal teams, councils, local authorities, clients and other stakeholders

* Confident chasing updates, asking the right questions and challenging issues where needed

Technical Skills & Experience

* Previous experience in a Streetworks Coordinator, Permit Coordinator, Traffic Management Coordinator, Civils Coordinator or similar role

* Experience within traffic management, utilities, highways, telecoms, civil engineering or local authority environments is critical

* Good working knowledge of streetworks permitting processes

* Strong understanding of relevant streetworks legislation, including the New Roads and Street Works Act and Traffic Management Act

* Experience liaising with councils, local authorities, clients, contractors and operational teams

* Experience using streetworks or permitting systems, such as Street Manager, would be highly beneficial

Qualifications & Training

* GCSEs Grade 4-9 including English and Maths

* NRSWA knowledge or accreditation would be highly desirable

* Training or experience in streetworks permitting, traffic management applications or local authority permit schemes would be beneficial

Additional Information

Doocey Group value a diverse workforce and welcome applications form all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.

Please note that we operate with a preferred supplier list and will not accept unsolicited CVs from recruitment agencies with whom we do not have an existing agreement.

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