Roadway Safety Inspector - Impactful Network Inspections

4Recruitment Services Ltd; Oxford; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

4Recruitment Services Ltd is recruiting for a Highways Inspector in Oxfordshire on a 6-month, full-time contract. The role performs statutory and risk-based highway safety inspections to keep the network safe, serviceable, and compliant, with accurate records for defence.

You will identify defects, raise works orders, monitor progress, and conduct follow-up checks. You’ll be the main contact for highway enquiries, liaising with councils and communities to manage customer expectations.

Qualifications

• Statutory and risk-based highway safety inspections.
• Maintain accurate inspection records for defence/liability claims.
• Identify and categorise defects and raise works orders.

Responsibilities

• Undertake planned, cyclical, and ad hoc road safety inspections of the highway network.
• Identify, risk assess, and categorise defects in accordance with policy and national codes of practice.
• Raise works orders and ensure defects are progressed within agreed timescales.
• Maintain accurate inspection records to support statutory defence (Section 58 and liability claims).
• Undertake follow‑up inspections and quality checks on completed works.

Job description

4Recruitment Services Ltd is recruiting for a Highways Inspector in Oxfordshire on a 6-month, full-time contract. The role performs statutory and risk-based highway safety inspections to keep the network safe, serviceable, and compliant, with accurate records for defence.

You will identify defects, raise works orders, monitor progress, and conduct follow-up checks. You’ll be the main contact for highway enquiries, liaising with councils and communities to manage customer expectations.