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Job Title: Permit Issuer
Job Type: Full time, 40 hours per week,
Location: Barnard Castle
Are you passionate about safety and precision? We're looking for a proactive Permit Coordinator to manage high-risk work permits and ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental standards.
What you'll do:
1. Issue and manage permits for hot works, confined spaces, excavations, and more
2. Conduct and review risk assessments, ensuring all safety measures are in place
3. Liaise with contractors, project teams, and authorities to align on permit needs
4. Support ISO & compliance and maintain accurate documentation
5. Monitor worksites, audit activities, and close out permits safely
What you'll bring:
6. Experience in construction, oil & gas, or similar high-risk sectors
7. Strong understanding of Permit-to-Work systems and safety protocols
8. NEBOSH/IOSH or equivalent HSE qualifications preferred
9. Sharp attention to detail, great communication, and calm under pressure
Join a team where safety isn't just a checkbox—it's the culture.
Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!
We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,!
Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Divya Madaan at .