Permitting Coordinator - Highways & Streetworks
Location: Grimsby - Hybrid (2 days office, 3 days home)
Rate: £30 per hour
Contract: 3 months
Hours: 37 per week
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Permitting Coordinator to support a growing highways and streetworks team during a period of increased workload and service development. You will play a key role in coordinating highway works, managing streetworks permits and ensuring utility activities are delivered with minimal disruption to the network.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate and assess streetworks permit applications, ensuring statutory compliance.
- Liaise with utility companies, contractors and stakeholders to manage planned highway works.
- Monitor permit conditions, identify conflicts and minimise network disruption.
- Review technical drawings, specifications, risk assessments and supporting documentation.
- Maintain accurate permitting records and support performance reporting.
- Resolve permitting issues and ensure compliance with relevant legislation and codes of practice.
Requirements
- Experience in highway permitting or streetworks coordination, ideally within a local authority environment.
- Strong understanding of permit schemes, streetworks legislation and statutory requirements.
- Experience working with utility companies and statutory undertakers.
- Excellent organisational, communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to manage competing workloads and interpret technical information.
- Relevant highways or transportation qualification desirable.
This is an opportunity to take ownership of permitting activities within a developing highways service, helping improve coordination and reduce disruption across the network.
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Permitting Coordiantor employer: Carrington West
Join a leading rail and civil engineering contractor that values your expertise and offers a supportive work environment. With a strong focus on employee development, you will have the opportunity to be mentored into the CRE C designation while enjoying competitive benefits such as hybrid working, private healthcare, and generous annual leave. Located in Kent or London, this role provides a unique chance to work on impactful projects across the region, making it an excellent choice for those seeking meaningful and rewarding employment.
