Bridge Inspector

Role Responsibility

Kent County Council Highways Transportation and Waste are looking to expand their Structures Assessment Team by recruiting a motivated Bridge Inspector looking to develop their technical skills and expertise. This is an exciting time to join the team and play a major part in shaping its future.

The Structures Assessment Team are part of the Highways Asset Management business unit, which is responsible for approving, inspecting, repairing and maintaining KCC highways. The aim of the Team is to keep KCC highways safe and provide the best highway service to Kent’s residents, visitors and businesses, whilst co-ordinating activities on the highway to minimise disruption to road users and facilitate utility services, whilst ensuring the sustainability and cost effectiveness of any proposals.

The Bridge Inspector role is a KR8 grade, full time role although alternative hours requests will be considered. The role will be based from KCC's Ashford Henwood depot, although the Bridge Inspectors spend the majority of their time lone working at various locations around the County. For any desk based work, KCC is fully committed to hybrid working and we encourage home working when it meets our business needs.

The post holder will provide technical advice and contribute to managing the Assessment Team programme for the year, including:

• Inspection of Structures Team assets.
• Identifying defects and raising appropriate works orders for remediation.
• Ensure compliance with current legislation such as Construction Design and Management Regulations 2015.
• Support junior team members to improve their technical skills to increase the intelligent client role across structures.

We are looking for someone who can prioritise competing demands and objectives, with a focus on good customer service and working in a varied and passionate team. In return we offer a generous pension, extensive training opportunities and a flexible approach to working with a focus on the people in the organisation as individuals. KCC are able to set up mentoring arrangements for the Institution of Civil Engineers professional development and are fully committed to providing rounded experience to facilitate your professional development. 

Please note, the ability to travel across a wide geographical area in a timely and flexible manner at various times of the day is essential.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Contact Details

For more information on this role please contact Daniel Brooker on 03000 417 132

About the Company

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds and faiths, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.