Roads Asset Inspector

BEAR Scotland; Perth; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent highway maintenance service provider in Scotland seeks a Road Asset Inspector to conduct safety inspections, record defects, and validate asset inventories. This role requires a full driving licence and offers training for candidates with previous maintenance experience. Competitive salary, generous holiday balance, and benefits included.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Generous holiday balance

Annual leave purchase

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Qualifications

• A full driving licence is essential.
• Candidates will be subject to a basic disclosure process.
• Previous experience in road maintenance is desirable.
• Good computer skills for asset management system.

Responsibilities

• Undertake weekly Safety Inspections to record hazards.
• Conduct monthly night-time Safety Inspections of illuminated assets.
• Perform walked condition inspections for asset assessment.
• Validate inventory held in the Asset Management System.
• Travel flexibility required, with occasional overnight stays.

Skills

Driving license

Good computer skills

Experience with Microsoft Word

Experience with Microsoft Excel

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Location: Perth
Category: Asset Inspection
Full Time / Permanent, 40 Hours per week, Monday – Friday, OT Available

BEAR Scotland is a leading provider of highway maintenance services across Scotland. We manage and maintain over 2,000km of Scotland’s trunk road network, tackling just about every imaginable task and working round the clock to help keep Scotland moving.

The Northwest Trunk Road Unit spans some 1,422km of trunk road through some of the most scenic parts of the country. It covers a huge area of Scotland, from Thurso and Wick in the very north of the Highlands down to Campbeltown in Argyll and Bute, from Uig on Skye to Perth and Stirling.

We have vacancies for Road Asset Inspectors to join our existing operations team in the Northwest team, based out of our Head Office in Perth. Our Road Asset Inspectors are responsible for recording defects that represent a hazard to the travelling public.

Role includes:

• Undertaking weekly Safety Inspections to record defects that represent a hazard to the travelling public and, where safe to do so, carrying out minor repairs.
• Undertaking monthly night-time Safety Inspections of illuminated assets
• Safety Inspections of reflective assets.
• Walked condition inspections to visually assess the condition of the assets to identify defects that will contribute to the establishment of programmes of routine maintenance tasks
• Walked conditions inspections to validate the inventory held in the Transport Scotland Asset Management Performance System and to collect and update the inventory
  when changes are made.
• Level of flexibility required for travelling
• On occasion, this role will include overnight stays

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• A full driving licence is essential
• Due to the nature of this work, candidates will be subject to the basic disclosure process through Disclosure Scotland
• Previous experience of road maintenance(desirable) Training will be provided
• Good computer skills due to use of Transport Scotland’s Asset Management Performance System.
• Experience with Microsoft Word and Excel (desirable)

Why BEAR?

We believe that the people who work with us are our greatest asset and, for us to succeed, we make sure we retain and attract a talented, innovative and dedicated team. In return, we offer a competitive salary, generous holiday balance and other additional company benefits such as annual leave purchase, employee Assistance Programme and Cycle to Work Scheme.

Growyour career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve,flourish, and succeed.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We wish to ensure equality of opportunity in employment and the fair treatment of all our employees.