Highway Inspector

West Sussex County Council; Clapham; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Local government pension scheme

27 days annual leave

Flexible working options

Maternity, paternity, dependency andAd

Volunteer opportunities

Training and development opportunities

Staff discounts

Job summary

West Sussex County Council is seeking a Highways Inspector to help maintain and improve the safety of the county’s highway network. Based at Clapham Depot, Worthing, you'll work full-time (37 hours) with some part-time job-share options, and travel to sites across Horsham and Crawley.

You will conduct regular inspections, assess defects, coordinate with contractors for repairs, and contribute to long-term maintenance planning.

Qualifications

• Sound communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent literacy and numeracy skills.
• Sound problem solving skills with the ability to analyse complex issues and make logical and rational decisions based on all information available.
• The ability to stay calm when dealing difficult situations.
• Good professional observational skills in order to locate faults in the highway and ability to keep accurate records in order to document findings.

Responsibilities

• Inspect highway conditions and defects.
• Raise safety repair works with contractors.
• Provide feedback on asset condition to support long-term maintenance planning.
• Represent WSCC in relation to third-party liability claims, including attendance at court hearings when required.
• Conduct regular walking and cycling inspections and enforce highway legislation.

Skills

Communication skills

Literacy & numeracy

Problem solving

Calm under pressure

Observation skills

Education

Basic theoretical knowledge of engineering/civil construction

Tools

IT knowledge

Job description

West Sussex County Council (WSCC) maintains 4,046km of carriageways and 3,950km of footways and cycleways.

Want to ensure the safety of our assets for our residents? Read on below...

About The Job

Salary: £33,673 to £36,581per annum.

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time, 37 hours per week. We are also open to part-time applicants who can partake in a job share opportunity.

Location: Base location will be Clapham Depot, Worthing

Annual leave: 27 days + bank holidays = 35 days.

The role will be based out Clapham depot and will require you travel to the working locations covering Horsham and Crawley areas.

As a Highways Inspector, your role will involve supporting the safe delivery of the highway network by conducting regular inspections, repairs, and enforcement of highway legislation.

You will need to demonstrate initiative in carrying out your duties, which will involve activities such as walking and cycling inspections.

Additionally, you will be responsible for assessing highway defects, raising safety repair works with our contractor, providing feedback on asset condition to support long-term maintenance planning, and representing West Sussex County Council in relation to third-party liability claims, including attendance at court hearings when required.

Key Skills

• Sound communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent literacy and numeracy skills
• Sound problem solving skills with the ability to analyse complex issues and make logical and rational decisions based on all information available.
• The ability to stay calm when dealing difficult situations
• Good professional observational skills in order to locate faults in the highway and ability to keep accurate records in order to document findings.

Qualifications and Experience

• Full current driver's licence
• Basic theoretical knowledge of engineering/civil construction for planning improvements and repairs to the highway
• Sound and accurate IT knowledge
• Knowledge of the Highways Act and NRSWA, and other relevant pieces of legislation, including health and safety, for enforcement work
• General technical and customer service experience
• Proven successful experience of working as part of a team to effectively meet objectives within agreed/necessary timescales.

For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the job description

Working for us

As well as adding real value to our service users and our communities, as an employer we recognise our employees are central in being able to achieve this. To recognise this we want to help support your development and provide a great place to work ensuring you can fulfil your full potential, have access to a range of benefits including:

• an excellent local government pension scheme
• generous holiday entitlement of 27 days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave)
• a range of flexible working options, depending on your job role
• maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave
• volunteering opportunities
• training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
• a range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see our Staff discounts page if you are a business looking to offer a discount)
• health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans

For a full list this can be found at our Rewards and Benefits page.

Further information

The reference number for this role is 198

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to 3 years referencing and a health check.

Equity, inclusion, accessibility and diversity is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all cultures, ethnicities, identities, backgrounds and lived experiences, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.

We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that have a disability, are a veteran or are a care leaver. More information can be found on our application helppage.