Street Works Inspector

As a roads and street works inspector, you'll be responsible for checking that work carried out on our highways, keeps people safe. This will primarily involve conducting inspections on works being carried out by utility and highway contractors in accordance with the NRSWA Code of Practice for Street Works Inspections and the Specification for the Reinstatement of Openings in Highways (SROH). The work helps to ensure Telford and Wrekin Council manages the road network effectively and keeps disruption to a minimum. Duties will include meeting with utility company and contractor representatives and explaining in what way they have not complied with regulations and specifications and arranging and negotiating remedial actions. The role also requires you to interact with the public and deal with and respond to customer complaints. You may be required to undertake inspections of skips and scaffolding alongside other duties at the request of your line manager.

We're an award-winning local authority and excellent at what we do. We also know we're only ever as good as the people who work for us and that's why we attract the right people with the right skills into the right jobs. At Team Telford we work hard to protect, care and invest to create a better borough and our employees are at the heart of everything we do. That's why we were crowned The MJ Local Authority of the Year 2022. Our friendly, inclusive, and dynamic environment offers support to colleagues so we can all develop and thrive. The better we are the bigger difference we make to the people we serve. If this sounds like the kind of place you want to work, then we'd love to hear from you., Telford & Wrekin Council is an award winning council, and we were recognised as Local Authority of the Year 2022 at the Municipal Journal Awards, and the Association for Public Service Excellence Council of the Year in 2021. At Team Telford we work hard to protect, care and invest to create a better borough and our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Having the right people, with the right skills, in the right roles allows us to deliver the excellent services that residents and businesses on the borough expect from us. Our friendly and passionate teams are trusted by leaders and managers to deliver this ambition. We invest and nurture our workforce and support our employees to develop and thrive. The better we are the bigger difference we make to the people we serve.

We value our employees and offer staff rewards and plenty of opportunities for personal development and career progression including:

• Competitive rates of pay
• Automatic access to a secure, flexible and tax efficient Local Government Pension Scheme
• Staff benefits and discounts including salary sacrifice schemes
• Free on-site parking
• Generous leave entitlement (24 days rising to 32 days) plus 8 bank holidays and an additional concessionary day
• Free access to our employee assistance programme and confidential counselling
• Flexible and mobile working policy - we are well adapted to a hybrid model of working which includes a combination of time spent in the office and at home - our approach is to promote greater level of flexible working around personal and family commitments, In return we also offer a great range of benefits including competitive salaries, flexible working hours and work arrangements, employee discounts, salary sacrifice schemes, a local government pension scheme and generous annual leave entitlement.
At Telford & Wrekin Council, we know that having a diverse workforce is key to providing the best possible services to our community. We celebrate having a diverse and inclusive culture where people are able to be themselves at work, and everyone has a voice and we know we are stronger and better connected as a result. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and where our data shows that specific groups are under-represented within our workforce, our adverts will actively encourage applications from these groups. We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities or other health conditions. You can find out more about this and our 'guaranteed interview scheme' here You can also read more about our Recruitment and Selection Policy and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders here and the Transgender & Non-Binary Inclusion Policy commitments here