Job Purpose
To assist in ensuring that the Council's duties under the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, Traffic Management Act 2004 & The London Permit Scheme (LoPS) are discharged properly, efficiently and effectively in order to reduce disruption to the public highway to enable the Council to fulfil its network management duty.
Inspect Street Works activities throughout the borough, reporting on works in progress, overruns, defective apparatus, defective reinstatements and monitor sites throughout the guarantee period. Use Borough Knowledge on activities and events in order to help reduce unnecessary disruption to the network and attend site in case of emergencies.
Responsibilities
- Arrange the timely and effective repair of defects and ensure the works carried out by utilities are in accordance with legislative requirements, national specification and Council directions, following the arbitration process in line with legislation where a resolution is not found.
- Liaise with internal and external stakeholders on the public highway. Attend Joint Site Meetings with Promoters/Undertakers to discuss, method of work or remedial action to defective reinstatements in compliance to S.R.O.H. Actively identify any defective apparatus or defects while conducting daily inspections and report to the relevant Promoter/Undertaker for remedial action. Report consequential damage and un-attributable works to the utility company responsible and ensure a prompt and negotiated resolution.
- Become fully familiar with and utilise the councils Register of Works System (Symology) using PDAs and PC's.
- Upload daily inspections and route plan site visits to a time effective manner in order to meet team targets. Download inspection results and report all FPN relevant information to the appropriate Co-ordinator for the area.
- Review inspection history, permit conditions, plotted map locations and comments. Be competent in the duties of the post by providing accurate information under the governing acts.
- Perform regular and ad hoc condition surveys of the highway, sending orders for repairs to the highways contractor, taking guidance from highways engineers when necessary.
- Ensure the Council's Insurance section are given all the necessary information to defend all claims against the Council. This will include timely completion of the Council's Insurance documentation in conjunction with the Council's policy and procedures. To attend court as a witness if required.
- Take full responsibility for the development and implementation of your own Personal Development Plan and with your own continued development in those areas relevant to your role within the Service. To maintain and/or improve your existing knowledge of related legislation, practices and policies at every appropriate opportunity.
- Manage personal email accounts, reading and responding to queries promptly and in professional manner.
- Investigate and report findings in relation to citizen or Councillor enquires/complaints.
- Abide to the Governing acts by providing accurate and true Inspection results knowing that the information may be used in a legal capacity.
- Undertake any other duties that may be required to meet the demands of the service. These may be varied from time to time to meet the needs of the service consistent with the requirement of the job. Provide cover to other areas in the absence of staff to ensure that an adequate service is provided.
- Work flexibly in undertaking the duties and responsibilities of this job, and participate as required in multi-disciplinary cross-department and cross-organisational groups and task teams.
