Highways Inspector

National Highways; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

National Highways is seeking an Inspector to perform asset condition and safety inspections across the network, with a regular 37-hour week and flexible patterns by agreement. The role involves driving, reporting defects, and supporting engineering teams with up-to-date inspection information.

Ideal candidates will have highways inspection experience, knowledge of maintenance and safety regulations, and strong IT/data capture skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in highways asset condition inspections or equivalent
• Knowledge of highway asset maintenance and legal aspects
• Good understanding of Health and Safety in highway maintenance
• Proficient IT and data collection, with ability to use data capture devices

Responsibilities

• Carrying out regular driven Safety Inspections and raising work requests for high priority safety defects
• Carrying out cyclical and ad-hoc asset inspections on the network and recording all conditions and findings
• Monitoring event signage and illegal signage and escalating issues
• Supporting regional engineering teams in planning activities with up-to-date inspection information
• Prioritising health, safety and wellbeing needs of customers and colleagues in all activities

Skills

Asset inspections

Data collection

Health & Safety knowledge

Teamwork and workload management

Driving and field mobility

Tools

Data capture devices

IT proficiency

Job description

Do you have an inspection background in highways or a related area and looking for a new challenge? Do you enjoy being out on site but would like a regular daytime working pattern and more freedom to manage your own workload? Reporting to the Inspector Team Manager, you will work individually or with another team member to complete asset condition and safety inspections, survey works and providing feedback on quality of asset repairs.

Working patterns can be flexible by agreement with the team manager but contractually your working hours per week will be 37 hours. There is also a requirement which may involve working unsociable hours, including nights, to respond to incidents.

Please note that you will be required to drive as part of your role, and you will need to have no more than 3 points to be considered for this position and during employment.

Ideally you should live within an hour's commute from the Depot.

• Carrying out regular driven Safety Inspections, reporting and raise work requests for high priority safety defects
• Carrying out cyclical and ad-hoc driving and walking asset inspections on the network in line with agreed schedules, procedures and standards, recording all asset conditions and findings (e.g defects and causes)
• Monitoring event signage and illegal signage and escalating any issues
• Supporting regional engineering teams in planning activities by collecting and sharing up to date asset condition and inspection information
• Prioritising health, safety and wellbeing needs of customers and colleagues in in all activities

About you.

• Knowledge or experience of undertaking highways asset condition inspections, Or equivalent inspections experience in other sectors
• Knowledge or experience of highway asset maintenance and legal aspects of highways maintenance/inspection
• Good understanding of Health and Safety applicable to highway maintenance works
• Good IT and data collection skills, ideally with the ability to use data capture devices
• Ability to manage own workload whilst working as part of a team

About us.

Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England's motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership.

Operations is at the heart of keeping the strategic road network moving and ensuring our customers get the best possible experience when using our roads.

We address over 39,000 customer enquiries every month, plan and deliver all maintenance activities on the network, drive efficiencies and improvements across our systems and roads, and respond to incidents across 4,500 miles of motorways and major A-roads that we manage. All to make sure National Highways customers have safer, smoother, and more reliable journeys.

External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.