Highway Inspector - Ref: EE12624

Location

Environmental Services Depot, 200 Pelsall Road, Brownhills WS8 7EN

Salary

Grade G8, SCP 26 to 31 (£36,124 - £40,476 per annum)

Permanent full-time employment

Job Details

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our small professional team of Highway Safety Inspectors who are committed to keeping Walsall’s highway network safe for road users.

This is an exciting opportunity for you to work as part of Walsall Council’s broader Highways Maintenance team who are based at the Environmental Services Depot, Pelsall Road, Brownhills.

Our Highway Maintenance Management Plan is one of a suite of documents that that set out our integrated approach for delivering planned, routine and reactive maintenance services across Walsall’s highway network. Included in this suite of documents is our Highway Safety Inspection Manual which provides more detailed information about road hierarchy, inspection frequencies and investigatory levels.

Walsall Council manages a highway network of 525 miles and its condition is routinely monitored through a proactive and structured regime of:

• Highway Condition Surveys
• Scheduled Highway Safety Inspections
• Ad-hoc interim and reactive inspections

Your role will be to assist the Highway Asset Manager, Principal and Senior

Engineers, and the Senior Highway Safety Inspector in carrying out both planned and ad-hoc highway safety inspections, placing works orders for reactive highway repairs to the Council’s term highway maintenance contractor, record keeping, and responding to complaints and enquiries from the public and elected members.

The post is Graded G8 (SCP 26 to 31) £36,124 to £40,476 and plays a key role in helping the Council comply with its obligations and statutory duty under the Highway Act to provide a highway network that is safe and accessible to all.

This is an important role for Walsall Council. If you are up for the challenge of improving our Highway Service we would love to hear from you.

View: Job Description and Employee Specification

Closing Date: Sunday 16th March 2025

This post is covered by the Government’s Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers. The post holder will be required to communicate verbally with customers and provide advice and/or information in accurate spoken English.

Important note: When completing your online application form, you will be asked to enter supporting information. You must enter a detailed supporting information statement describing how your skills, abilities and experience meet the specific criteria included in the employee specification. If you do not include a supporting information statement, you will not be shortlisted. Please also ensure that you complete the work history and qualifications sections of your application form. Please do not add a CV as we do not accept them.See our Information for Applicants leaflet for further information.

We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not contact us regarding this job vacancy. We are not accepting Agency applications or referrals at this time.