Remote Enforcement Examiner (Technical)
| Posting date: | 09 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £32,475 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Advertised salary is inclusive of a base salary of £29,525 plus a technical allowance of £2,950. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 September 2025 |
| Location: | Avonmouth |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 425182/1 |
Summary
Are you highly organised with an eye for detail?
Do you have excellent communication skills with the ability to handle challenging conversations?
If so, we’d love to hear from you!
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) helps keep Britain moving, safely and sustainably. We do this by helping people through a lifetime of safe and sustainable journeys, helping them keep their vehicles safe to drive, and protecting them from unsafe drivers and vehicles.
We're working hard to:
- make roads safer
- improve services for our customers
- make road transport greener and healthier
- harness the potential of technology and data
- grow and level up the economy
Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:
- Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
- 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 a privilege day for the King’s birthday
- Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
Read more in the Benefits section below!
Find out more about what it's like working at DVSA Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency - Department for Transport Careers
You will work within the Remote Enforcement Office to ensure that accurate and thorough assessments are completed, highlighting areas of non-compliance across the Enforcement Spectrum. You will be empowered to make recommendations and decisions, alongside taking appropriate follow-up action. You will conduct technical analysis of mechanical prohibition information and maintenance systems. You will review and assess levels of compliance and conducting tasks in relation to the HGV, PSV and light vehicle MOT testing scheme.
Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:
Triage and conduct risks assessment for compliance with legislative regulations of S Marked prohibitions issued by enforcement network staff. You will work with network staff to ensure correct recording or removal of prohibition as required.Technical assessment of emission cheat device cases or other vehicle system cases, for referral to Desk Based Assessments and investigation.Interrogation, assessment and preparation of evidence to establish further actions that may need to be taken forward by enforcement network staff, issuing of improvement notices and provide guidance to vehicle operators.Create and provide intelligence and evidential reports using ANPR data, when requested for prosecution, public inquiry or internal purposes, in line with the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act.Preparation for accurate and detailed reports to follow up enforcement, prosecution or other actions within appropriate timescales.Develop and maintain good relationships with internal and external stakeholders, providing advice and education as required.For further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.
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