Highways Licensing Inspector

SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL; Halesworth; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

29 days annual leave

LGPS pension

Flexible working

Career development

Job summary

Suffolk County Council is seeking a Highway Licensing Inspector to manage and protect Suffolk's highway network. The role involves office work and site inspections across the county, assessing applications and inspecting works to ensure safety and regulatory compliance.

You will provide expert advice to residents, businesses and councils, balance customer needs with safe operations, and support enforcement activities to promote compliance and quality public spaces.

Qualifications

• Good knowledge of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.
• Good knowledge and experience of the Highway Act in licensing or enforcement.
• Experience providing comprehensive advice to customer enquiries and works.
• Knowledge and ability to work safely on live carriageways.

Responsibilities

• Assess and inspect highway applications including skips, scaffolding and pavement cafés.
• Investigate proposals, inspect completed works and ensure highway safety and design standards.
• Provide expert advice to residents, businesses and councils and resolve licensing infringements.
• Support enforcement activities and educate customers to ensure compliance.

Skills

Autonomy

Road Traffic Act 1984

Traffic Signs Regs 2016

Highway Act licensing

Customer advisory

Live carriageway safety

Job description

This is a diverse and hands-on role that puts you at the heart of managing and protecting Suffolk's highway network. As a Highway Licensing Inspector, you'll spend time both in the office and out on site, assessing and inspecting a wide range of applications that affect the highway, from skips, scaffolding and pavement cafés to vehicle accesses, utility cabinets and specialist highway signage. Working across Suffolk, you'll investigate proposals, inspect completed works and ensure that activities on the highway meet the required safety, design and legislative standards.

You'll work closely with residents, businesses, developers, utility providers, district and borough councils, providing expert advice and finding practical solutions that balance the needs of customers with the safe and efficient operation of the highway network. Whether you're assessing a new vehicle access, inspecting a pavement licence, reviewing signage proposals or helping resolve licensing infringements, you'll play an important role in keeping Suffolk's roads and public spaces safe, accessible and well managed.

Alongside your inspection and assessment duties, you'll support enforcement activities, using your communication and negotiation skills to educate customers, resolve issues and ensure compliance with highway legislation. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys a varied workload, independent decision making and seeing the direct impact of their work on local communities every day.

You will need

• A high level of autonomy during the normal day to day working around the county and carrying out various site visits and inspections, Step 3 - Upload a supporting statement indicating how you meet each of the criteria in the 'Person Profile' section of the JPP.
• You should use the Supporting Statement template (Word).
• Please use Arial font size 11 and keep your statement to a maximum of two sides of A4.
• Good knowledge and experience in the application of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016
• Good knowledge and experience in the application of relevant legislation, including the Highway Act, particularly in a licensing or enforcement capacity.
• Experience and ability to provide comprehensive advice to a range of customer enquiries and advise on works.
• Knowledge, experience and ability to work safely on live carriageways.

Salary: £34,434 + 3.3% agreed pay rise per annum (pro rata for part time)

• Hours: 37 hours per week, flexible working options available
• Contract: Permanent

At Suffolk County Council we're focused on making a meaningful difference to communities across Suffolk. How? By listening to our people learning from what they say and creating a culture of mutual respect, where everyone works together to achieve great things. As a Highways Licensing Inspector in the Licensing and Enforcement team you'll be as keen to collaborate and build a bright future as we are.

Reimagine the possibilities.

Your role and responsibilities, As a modern and effective council, we offer a wide variety of careers to suit people with a range of skills, abilities and ambitions. We offer working options that flex to reflect the way people work today and take the time to understand and support your individual needs. We're driven to make a positive difference to the world around us and encourage everyone with drive and focus to join us and build an influential and impactful career. Reimagine the possibilities.

In return, you'll enjoy:

• up to 29 days annual leave entitlement (pro rata), plus UK bank holidays and two paid volunteering days
• membership of a competitive Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• travel, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits
• performance-related annual pay progression, in addition to an annual cost-of-living pay increase
• training and encouragement to expand your knowledge
• a variety of career development opportunities across our organisation
• diverse and active staff networks
• flexible working options, with the right to request flexible working from your first day
• Plus lots more!