Job Introduction
Are you passionate about ensuring the safety and maintenance of our highways?
Join our dedicated Highway Inspection team and play a crucial role in keeping our roads safe for all users!
Our Highway Inspection team is committed to maintaining the highway through thorough inspections and defect identification, in line with the Highways Act 1980. By fulfilling our duty, we ensure the safety of highway users and deliver exceptional service to our stakeholders.
Main Responsibility
Working closely with the Inspection Manager, other Highway Inspectors, and teams across the authority, you’ll ensure we deliver top-notch service in accordance with our policies and procedures. This is your chance to make a tangible impact on the safety and quality of our highways.
As a Highway Inspector, you will:
- Conduct driven, walked, or cycled inspections.
- Receive, prioritise, investigate, and respond to service-related queries, including enforcement actions.
- Represent the council in claims against the authority, including court appearances.
- Manage your workload to complete inspections and enquiries within set timescales.
This role will be carried out from our Lichfield depot.
The Ideal Candidate
What you’ll have:
- Possess excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
- Can handle a range of issues and conflicting demands while adhering to legislation.
- Deliver to tight deadlines and remains calm under pressure.
- Hold or willing to train for relevant accreditation (Highway Safety Inspectors Training, NRSWA Supervisors card, LANTRA 12D).
- Has experience in highway maintenance and safety inspections.
- Is proficient in Microsoft Office and safety inspection systems like CONFIRM.
- Full clean UK driving licence.
For an informal chat about this role, contact Ed Dawson via email at ed.dawson@staffordshire.gov.uk
Interviews will be held after the Christmas break, week commencing 15 January 2025.
The recruitment for this position is ongoing and so we reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closing date.
Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.
About Staffordshire County Council
We are no ordinary county council:
Our Values:
The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.
Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:
We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.
We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.
Our benefits:
We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.
In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire
Our recruitment process:
As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities
As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
