Linear Inspector

Balfour Beatty PLC; Dartford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure services provider in Dartford is seeking a Senior Linear Inspector to support the Linear Inspections Programme. You will coordinate inspections, manage a team of inspectors, and ensure compliance with all standards. The role requires at least three years of experience in highway inspection and proficiency in significant inspection tools. This position offers long-term career stability and opportunities for professional development in a collaborative work environment.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Inclusive work environment

Supportive team culture

Qualifications

• Minimum of three years' experience in highway inspection.
• Full UK driving licence required.
• Digital skills and proficiency in relevant IT systems.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate inspections and manage deliverables.
• Ensure compliance with quality standards.
• Engage with stakeholders effectively.

Skills

Highway inspection experience

Team management

Communication skills

Stakeholder engagement

Proficiency in linear inspection tools

Education

Experience in civil engineering

Tools

Impulse Geophysics Roadshow

Field Maps

Survey123

ArcGIS

QGIS

Job description

The Senior Linear Inspector plays a key role in supporting the delivery of the Linear Inspections Programme. Working closely with the Inspections Lead and a team of Inspectors, the post holder ensures inspections are properly permitted, coordinated, and executed to the required standards. This role is essential for maintaining the quality and timeliness of inspection activities across the network and meeting CPS contractual requirements.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with the Logistics Manager to book road space and traffic management to facilitate inspections when required.
• Ensure all necessary briefings and provisions are in place prior to inspection activities.
• Monitor and update the inspection programme to reflect progress and changes.
• Maintain attention to detail, ensuring inspection defect reporting meets quality and regulatory standards.
• Assist the Drainage Inspections Manager with planning CCTV inspections.
• Manage deliverables from all linear inspections, including monitoring the progress of uploads from drainage CCTV surveys to the GDMS.
• Act as Activity Manager for any drone requests on the network, ensuring all drone activity is approved by National Highways and complies with required standards.
• Keep accurate logs and records of all linear inspections.

Team Leadership

• Line manage Inspectors, providing guidance and support.
• Conduct regular refresher training for the in-house inspections team.
• Deliver constructive feedback to improve inspection quality and adherence to standards.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement and professional development.

Operational Delivery

• Assist in creating and managing orders for suppliers involved in linear inspection delivery.
• Track supplier progress and ensure timely execution of inspection tasks.
• Conduct on‑site inspections when required, ensuring compliance with current standards.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Collaborate with internal teams across Asset and Project Delivery and Service Delivery.
• Maintain effective working relationships with external partners and stakeholders.
• Assist with configuring new systems used for collecting inspection data.
• Report monthly inspection KPIs.

Key Relationships

• Inspections Lead
• Inspection Team
• Asset and Project Delivery Teams
• Maintenance Teams
• External Contractors and Suppliers

Qualifications

• A minimum of three years' experience in highway inspection, construction, or a related civil engineering field.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Proficiency with linear inspection tools and IT systems.
• Digital skills in Impulse Geophysics Roadshow, Field Maps, Survey123, ArcGIS, and QGIS.
• Experience in inspection programmes or infrastructure delivery.
• Ability to manage and motivate teams.
• Knowledge of traffic management and road space permitting.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Familiarity with inspection standards and quality assurance processes.

Behavioural Competencies

• Inspiring: Champions curiosity and continuous improvement, role‑modeling change and managing risks to achieve project outcomes.
• Energising: Role models positive and energized project‑focused attitudes toward and continuous improvement.
• Challenging: Seeks and advocates improvements to add value and drive continuous performance.
• Challengeable: Encourages a culture of skilled challenging and seeks to understand and explore challenge to enable improvement.
• Influencing: Builds commitment and consensus, and role models CPS leadership behaviours to deliver our goals.

At Connect Plus Services (CPS), you'll be part of a world‑class team maintaining and operating the M25, Europe's busiest motorway. As a joint venture between Balfour Beatty, Atkins, and Egis, we play a vital role in keeping millions of journeys moving safely and efficiently. A Career Like No Other Working on the M25 offers unrivalled experience, challenges, and opportunities that no other highways project can provide. You'll be exposed to cutting‑edge technology, large‑scale infrastructure, and complex engineering solutions, making every day dynamic and rewarding.

Long‑Term Stability & Growth With 15+ years remaining on this project, we offer career stability, professional development, and progression opportunities. Whether you're looking to build new skills or take the next step in your career, we invest in your growth.

A Supportive & Inclusive Team At CPS, your contributions matter. We foster a diverse, inclusive, and collaborative work environment where safety, innovation, and teamwork drive everything we do.

CPS is a joint venture between Balfour Beatty, Atkins, and Egis. At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone. To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, ENEI, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long‑term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans, and reservists. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long‑term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.