Street Lighting Contract Officer (ID:4348)
Working Hours: 35 Hours per week
Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent
Additional Payments: Casual Car User Allowance
Closing Date: 11 October 2024
Interview Method: In Person (Face to Face)
Interview Date: 25 October 2024
This role is subject to -
Qualification - A relevant technical qualification in Civil Engineering or equivalent and/or appropriate experience of contract management
Casual Car Documentation - The successful candidate will be a designated Casual Car User which means that car journeys may be necessary on an occasional basis, but are not essential to the role. If you do drive, you must always hold a full valid driving licence and provide your own car for use at work, as well as provide all the appropriate documentation. You will receive an allowance per mile of business use.
Driving Licence - The successful candidate should hold a full clean driving licence as you will be required to drive a vehicle adhering to council regulations.
Manage Street Lighting contracts relating to the procurement and delivery of public lighting maintenance repairs and new installation.
Key duties will include:
* Manage the quality and performance of contractors
* Business case checkpoint & Contract approvals
* Value for Money, solutions and innovation managing a street lighting highway maintenance contract
* Liaise with Stakeholders, Councillors and where necessary prioritise packages of work
* Manage Performance
* Ensure all works are co-ordinated appropriately
* Responsible for the management of the Street Lighting PFI Contract
* Performance reporting and quality checks
* Agree any new installations
* Commuted sums
* Management of the LED contract.
* Technical Reference for all street lighting
* Management and maintenance of non-PFI related street and sign lighting
* Management of the PFI lighting budget
* Technical checks of any new installations.
* Manage the Street Lighting Engineer
What you can expect from us:
* A competitive salary from �44,428 to �48,474.
* Casual-user car allowance per-mile scheme for all business miles travelled.
* Car leasing scheme that offers a brand-new, competitively priced, electric or hybrid car to pay a monthly fixed cost straight out of your salary, pre-tax: no deposit requirement or credit checks, maintenance included, fully comprehensive insurance included.
* A generous annual leave entitlement of up to 31 days paid leave (plus bank holidays) after a qualifying period of local government service and the ability to purchase an additional 10 days leave for full time employees.
* A flexible approach to working arrangements to help you achieve a greater work/life balance, including a 35-hour working week, and flexitime scheme which permits accrued hours to be taken as additional "flexi-leave" days
* A great working environment within the Town Hall offices, right in the heart of the city, plus a pragmatic approach to homeworking
* We will help you develop your career by providing development and support whatever your level of experience
* A host of health & wellbeing benefits - e.g., Employee Assistance Programme, gym discounts and Cycle to Work Scheme
* Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution into a defined benefit pension, with life cover and the option to build additional voluntary contributions via salary sacrifice arrangements
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