Highway Steward

Role Responsibility

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

Our roads, footways, streetlights, street furniture, traffic signals, gullies and drains, trees, grass verges, signs, road markings, bridges and other structures are all distinct types of highway assets. These assets help to ensure that journeys around and through the county are safe and dependable.

As one of Kent’s Highway Stewards you 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. 

The Highway Stewards role is based in the Maidstone Highway Operations team. This team aims to ensure that we help everyone to make safe and reliable journeys on Kent’s highway network. We do this by regularly inspecting the Maidstone roads and footways, repairing faults and damage quickly, responding to highway emergency situations (including winter gritting and other severe weather response), resolving faults reported by customers and by engaging with local communities and local Councils.

A good knowledge of the Maidstone area would be of benefit to the applicant. The ability to travel across a wide geographical area in a timely and flexible manner at various times of the day is essential.

Whilst this is based in Maidstone, there may be a need to work in other areas across the county as the need demands

If you can prioritise and organise your own workload and be a team player, work to tight deadlines, be methodical in your approach and have good customer service skills then this is the post for you.

This post is 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 further information on this role, please contact Susan Laporte

susan.laporte@kent.gov.uk

Tel: 03000413696

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.