Main characteristics
- Location
- Kettering, Northamptonshire
- Company
- Optima Plus Recruitment
- Salary
- £450/day
- Employment type
- Contract, Temporary
- Category
- Management
Job summary
Location: Hybrid/KetteringDuration of assignment: 3 months +
Working hours: 37
Rate: £450 per day
IR35 status: Inside IR35
The postholder manages the conflicting demands of highways users such as vehicular traffic, pedestrians, public transport, cyclists, etc and must consider the need to maintain and improve the network, incorporate new developments, reduce road casualties and maintain and improve public utility apparatus within the highway.
Principal responsibilities
1. To carry out the statutory role of Traffic Manager to meet the requirements of the Traffic Management Act within North Northants. This will also include working with the Department for Transport as well as neighbouring authorities on cross boundary and regional network management issues.
2. As Traffic Manager, review Traffic Regulation Orders where consultation has not determined a conclusive outcome and requires a delegated decision to be made to uphold or override objections.
3. To develop, implement and keep under review the North Northants Network Management Plan and other relevant plans, strategies and procedures for the management of access to the highway network by statutory undertakers and developers.
4. To direct, monitor and review the provision of statutory regulatory services related to the co-ordination of street works and the enforcement of the New Roads and Street Works Act and Traffic Management Act to minimise disruption to the travelling public and in accordance with the strategic objectives of the Council.
5. To direct the work related to Highway Regulations to ensure all activity on the highway is correctly licenced by issuing Traffic Regulation Orders, Notices, Permits and Licences. This also includes the management of applications for vehicle crossings to ensure they are installed safely and to the correct standard of construction.
6. To direct the work related to highways enforcement, where action may need to be taken against organisations or individuals under the duties imposed on the Council by the various highway legislation currently in force
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