Senior Structures Inspector - #1799217

About the job.

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Structures Inspector to join our team in the South West in either Bristol or Exeter. The main responsibilities for this role are to plan and complete inspections of all types of highway structure assets, in line with agreed inspections schedules, procedures and standards, raise jobs to address defects and contribute to prioritisation and development of maintenance schemes. The nature of your role will allow flexible working between home and site work, with office attendance for team meetings and check in sessions at the discretion of the structure manager.

You will be required to drive as part of your role and you will need to have a full clean driving license to be considered for this position and during employment.

• Work with the Inspection Manager to plan, deliver and report upon the cyclical and adhoc Inspection programme for assets is in line with agreed timescales, budgets, procedures, standards, guidance and industry best practice.
• Provide support to Inspection Manager by arranging roadspace and creating orders for suppliers to deliver bridge inspections.
• Liaising with key stakeholders such as Local Authorities, Network Rail, Canal & River Trust and land owners to facilitate bridge inspections.
• Producing specifications to permit the procurement of monitoring, investigation, testing and other special inspections of structures.
• Complete cyclical and ad-hoc inspections of highway assets, including complex structures, identify defects, defect causes and options for remedial actions, in line with procedures and highway standards.

About you.

• Qualified to HNC/HND in Civil Engineering or Equivalent and qualified or working towards Senior Inspector on the Bridge Inspector Certification Scheme (BICS) (NHSS31 or STE4).
• Demonstrable knowledge of working safely within traffic management to enable structures inspections.
• Proficient in undertaking inspections of complex and non-complex structures with ability to recognise and diagnose defects in order to pass on to the appropriate teams for resolution or repair.
• Proficient in recording of inspection findings and recommendations for repairs into a database (or other method) clearly and precisely.
• Able to guide and develop others in planning/site inspection/reporting of structures inspections to current highways standards.

About us.

Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England's motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership.

Operations is at the heart of keeping the strategic road network moving and ensuring our customers get the best possible experience when using our roads.

We address over 39,000 customer enquiries every month, plan and deliver all maintenance activities on the network, drive efficiencies and improvements across our systems and roads, and respond to incidents across 4,500 miles of motorways and major A-roads that we manage. All to make sure National Highways customers have safer, smoother, and more reliable journeys.

External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.