Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive salary package

About the Role
Balfour Beatty (Urban Fox) has an exciting opportunity for a Street Works Permits Manager. The Permits Manager is responsible for leading and managing all permitting activities across Urban Fox’s live deployment portfolio, ensuring full compliance with Street Works legislation, permit scheme requirements, and Local Authority expectations. Operating under Urban Fox’s Statutory Undertaker status, the role is accountable for end-to-end permit governance, contractor oversight, and construction administration. Urban Fox retains full legal accountability for all permits submitted under its SWA code, regardless of whether delivery is undertaken by contractors.

Key Responsibilities
Permitting Strategy & Governance
Develop and implement the Urban Fox permitting strategy across all regions
Own and maintain Street Works Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
Define and enforce permit quality standards and submission requirements
Ensure compliance with NRSWA and Local Authority permit schemes
Permit Lifecycle Management
Oversee all stages of the permit lifecycle including early engagement with Local Authorities, applications, variations, extensions and closures, notices, reinstatement compliance and final completion
Ensure no works commence without an approved permit
Maintain real-time oversight of all live permits across the deployment portfolio
Contractor Management & Assurance
Manage contractor permit teams operating under the Urban Fox SWA code
Establish and enforce contractor KPIs, including submission accuracy and quality, timeliness of applications, compliance with permit conditions, and Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN) performance
Drive consistent contractor performance through governance and review
Ensure robust oversight in line with Urban Fox’s retained legal accountability

Why Work for Us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About Us
Balfour Beatty Investments is an international infrastructure investor operating in the UK and US. We develop and finance both public and private infrastructure projects whilst operating a portfolio of long-term infrastructure assets, with a portfolio of PPP concessions in healthcare facilities, highways, energy and transmission, student accommodation, residential regeneration and private housing. In the US, our portfolio includes Balfour Beatty Communities, a subsidiary dedicated to developing and operating privatised military housing, student and multifamily housing. We also operate Balfour Beatty Campus Solutions, a leading provider of large capital project financing, development and construction solutions for the higher education market.

Experience
- Strong knowledge of NRSWA and UK Street Works legislation
- Proven experience managing permit schemes (Street Manager preferred)
- Experience supporting or coordinating delivery programmes or construction projects
- Strong contractor management and performance oversight experience (desirable)
- Experience working across multi-site or multi-region programmes (desirable)
- Strong stakeholder engagement with Local Authorities (desirable)

About You
- Highly organised with strong planning and coordination capability
- Strong analytical, governance, and reporting capability
- Ability to manage contractor permit teams and enforce KPIs effectively
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Qualifications
No specific qualifications stated, however relevant experience in street works permitting and contractor management is essential.