At a Glance
- Tasks: Assess heavy vehicle applications and ensure compliance with regulatory standards.
- Company: Join the Government Recruitment Service and make a difference in vehicle safety.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, generous leave, and flexible working options.
- Other info: Great career growth opportunities and a commitment to work-life balance.
- Why this job: Be part of a team that ensures heavy vehicles meet safety standards and regulations.
- Qualifications: Technical expertise in vehicle assessments and strong communication skills.
The predicted salary is between 38540 - 38540 $ per year.
Can you apply technical expertise to assess complex vehicle applications and ensure compliance with regulatory standards? Have you successfully identified risks, solved operational challenges, and delivered excellent customer service in a technical environment? Are you a collaborative leader who can support teams, influence stakeholders, and drive continuous improvement across a busy operation? If so, we’d love to hear from you!
The team plays a key role in ensuring heavy vehicles meet statutory testing and approval requirements before entering and whilst in service. The team assesses complex vehicle applications, including first tests, conversions and type-approved vehicles, ensuring compliance with legislation and DVSA standards. Working closely with operators, manufacturers, testing staff and policy teams, the department provides expert technical advice, monitors testing processes, manages risks and supports the development of new requirements and guidance. The team is committed to delivering an efficient, customer-focused service while maintaining high standards of safety, compliance and operational performance across the vehicle testing network.
Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:
- Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary.
- 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays and a privilege day for the King’s birthday.
- Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
The Heavy Vehicle Technical Officer will play a pivotal role within the wider leadership team of Vehicle Services. The role holder will process technical applications ensuring that they are fully assessed and documentation is compliant. They will respond to technical queries from the non-technical processing teams as well as acting as trusted advisors to front line colleagues, Vehicle Operators, Vehicle Manufacturers and others. The role holder will work with technical standards, legal and technical assessments and ensure that DVSA meets its Key Targets and Objectives as detailed in the Business Plan.
Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:
- Provide professional assessment of heavy vehicle statutory test applications for both first test and vehicle conversion, checking reports and supporting documentation, ensuring compliance.
- Undertake assessment of applications of approved vehicles via the European Community Whole Vehicle Type Approval (ECWVTA) teams.
- Provide technical support to non-technical processing teams and act as an advisory service to front line staff, operators, manufacturers, trade organisations, other agencies as well as the public on a variety of subjects including DVSA and related services, responding to written and verbal enquiries in a timely manner.
- Investigate possible solutions to solve issues or mitigate risks.
- Collaborate with the Vehicle Policy Team on new initiatives and developing new requirements and standards, for example where there are regulatory changes or to improve clarity within existing publications.
- Communicate positively and effectively with internal and external customers to ensure a full understanding of their requirements and to ensure a concise accurate response is delivered via technical inbox.
- Provide support to the Heavy Vehicle Processing Manager, representing DVSA at trade events and to carry out ad hoc related tasks.
- Maintain relevant databases as required.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme.
Heavy Vehicle Technical Officer employer: Government Recruitment Service
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment in Northampton where you can make a real difference in people's lives. With a strong focus on employee growth, collaboration, and innovation, DWP provides comprehensive training and development opportunities, ensuring that you can thrive in your role while contributing to vital initiatives that reduce fraud and error. The inclusive work culture, supported by the Disability Confident employer scheme, fosters a sense of belonging and encourages diverse perspectives, making it a rewarding place to build your career.
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