Highway Safety Inspector

Role Responsibility

Kent County Council maintains 8,700km (5,400 miles) of highway network and associated “assets”.

Our local highway network is the most valuable asset we own in Kent, with a replacement value of around £24 billion. It plays a vital part in delivering council objectives by enabling safe and reliable journeys around and through the county. In doing so, it supports social wellbeing and economic prosperity. It is also essential for emergency services to execute their work: policing, healthcare, fire, and emergency response provision all require an effective highway network. These services are a key part of a functioning society and cannot exist without well-maintained and well-managed highway assets.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to join the team as one of Kent’s Highway Inspectors. The safety inspection regime forms a key aspect of the authority’s approach to managing a safe highway network. A countywide team of inspectors are tasked with the identification of all defects likely to create danger or serious inconvenience to users of the network or the wider community and must take the appropriate action, while ensuring a good asset management approach. You will need to demonstrate the ability to use a risk-based approach and provide a practical and reasonable evaluation of the risks and potential consequences, taking into account all highway users and in particular the most vulnerable.

Kent’s Highway Inspectors are based at 6 depots within the county and work as part of a county wide team, undertaking statutory walked and driven inspections of roads, footways and cycle tracks. On a typical day an Inspector can find that they will walk an average of 10-12km or drive up to 150km or more; sometimes a mixture of the two.

As one of Kent’s Highway Safety Inspectors you will be provided with a Kent County Council van and will be using the latest mobile technology. You will ensure accurate and timely recording of inspections and demonstrate attention to detail when raising job orders to ensure the safety of work crews and the travelling public.

As a forward-thinking highway authority, Kent County Council is continuously looking at innovative better ways of working. Technology is becoming more and more integral to the way in which we deliver our service. The successful candidate must therefore possess excellent IT skills, demonstrating their proficiency with tablet devices, smart phones and MS Office.

If you are able to prioritise and organise your own workload and be a team player, work to tight deadlines and be methodical in your approach then we look forward to hearing from you.

This role is subject to holding a Full UK Driving Licence – The Council is committed to making reasonable adjustments so whilst this job requires the jobholder to drive your application will still be considered if you are unable to drive due to a disability.

The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Contact Details

For further information regarding this role, please contact:

Brian Snipp - 07815 483980

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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, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, 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.