We're looking for a Streetworks Manager – Permits to join our team.
Location: St Austell, Cornwall
Hours: 39.5 hours - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.
This is an exciting opportunity to take the lead in managing our permit operations, ensuring every streetworks activity is compliant, well-coordinated and delivered to the highest standards. You'll provide essential leadership, technical expertise and support across both advance planning and reactive permitting functions, helping to shape how we work with Highway Authorities and deliver excellent service.
What will you be responsible for?
As a Streetworks Manager – Permits, you'll be working within the permit teams, supporting them in ensuring compliance and continuous improvement. Your day to day will include:
- Overseeing the performance and operation of Advance Planning and Reactive Permit Teams, ensuring adequate resource coverage
- Acting as the primary escalation point for permit issues, disputes and complex compliance matters
- Reviewing and enforcing streetworks processes, policies and statutory requirements to maintain high standards
- Building strong relationships with Highway Authorities and coordinating works effectively
- Leading continuous improvement initiatives and providing training and coaching to develop team capabilities
What are we looking for?
This role of Streetworks Manager – Permits is great for you if:
- You have demonstrable experience in streetworks permitting, compliance and legislation
- You bring proven leadership skills with the ability to manage teams and support operational performance
- You have strong problem-solving abilities and can resolve complex disputes and escalations effectively
- You possess excellent communication and relationship-building skills to work with Highway Authorities and internal teams
- You're committed to continuous improvement and can identify opportunities to enhance processes and compliance
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.
Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.
Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.
We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.
