Highway Inspector – Highways Maintenance

Job Description

Job Category : Building Services & Maintenance
Location Cunard Building Water Street Pier Head Liverpool L2 2BS, Liverpool City Council
Hours Per Week : 35.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £239.85

Job Purpose
To inspect highways assets to ensure that they are safe for public use and ensure that the appropriate action is taken in respect to any defects identified, including issuing work to contractors, check completed work and monitoring progress. To be part of the highways on call system and respond to emergencies out of hours, including winter maintenance.
Directly Responsible For:
Not applicable
Directly Responsible To:
Senior Inspector North or South
Main Areas of Responsibility:

• To undertake highway related inspections (both walked and driven) in accordance with the Highways Act 1980, the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, and Well Managed Highways Infrastructure – A code of Practice, and maintain and update all associated records
• To ensure that all works and inspections are undertaken within the correct timescales and to the appropriate standards in accordance with current Council policy and guidelines, leading to the achievement of business and service targets
• To log and report defects on assets such as, for example, carriageway and footway surfaces, street furniture, carriageway markings and highway drainage
• To raise works orders as a result of undertaking routine Section 58 Inspections, ad hoc inspections, claims investigations, and serviceability inspections as part of ongoing highway maintenance activity. Check works are carried out correctly and to the required standards

Physical Demands of the Job:
• The job will be mostly site-based and will require work to be carried out in adverse conditions
• The postholder will need to be able to drive and work flexibly (outside normal office hours)

Corporate Responsibility:
• Contribute to the delivery of the Council Plan
• Delivering and promoting excellent customer service, externally and internally
• Making the council a great place to work, living the council’s values, actively engaging in regular communications including team meetings, undertaking training as required and being responsible for managing own performance
• Develop the City Council’s commitment to equal opportunities and to promote non-discriminatory practices in all aspects of work undertaken
• To ensure that all work functions are undertaken in accordance with health and safety legislation, codes of practice and the City Council’s safety plan

Qualification and training
Essential
• City & Guilds or equivalent in highway safety inspections (A)
• Current UK driving licence (A)
Desirable
• NRSWA (New Roads and Street Works Act) Accreditation

Experience
Essential
• Demonstrate a knowledge of the safety implications of working on the highway and be able to identify with the requirements of Chapter 8 of the Traffic Signs Manual (A,I)
• Knowledge and experience of highway inspections, and ability to identify and describe a defect in the highway which requires repair (A,I)

Desirable
• Knowledge and experience of highway maintenance works and street works
• Demonstrate an existing knowledge of materials used in highway construction
• Knowledge and experience of New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 and other relevant highway legislation
• Knowledge and experience of the Highways Act 1980

Skills/Abilities
Essential
• Ability to communicate effectively face to face, by telephone and in writing (A,I)
• Ability to undertake site surveys and inspections, including being able to walk considerable distances and frequently bend down to mark carriageways and footways (A,I)
• Ability and experience in relation to utilising computers and handheld devices to review and record data (A,I)
• Demonstrable skills in analysing information and resolving problems (A,I)
• Able to work as part of a team, using own initiative when required (A,I)

Desirable
• Good ICT skills
• Ability to prioritise work, using risk assessment techniques
Commitment
Essential
• Work flexibly and outside normal office hours (I)

Desirable
• An understanding of and a personal commitment to the Vision and Values of Liverpool City Council