Highway Inspector

It’s an exciting time to join our Highways Team here at Staffordshire County Council.  

Our vision is to help Staffordshire’s economy grow, so that everyone has the opportunity of a good job and good prospects in a beautiful, safe, accessible, vibrant, cultural, prosperous, business friendly and sustainable county. 

Staffordshire has great places and great connections, boasting the beautiful rural landscape of a shire county together with excellent transport links to major destinations across the country.    

We are committed to fixing more roads and improving transport and digital connections and we are making significant investment into the quality of our roads. To ensure we can deliver our ambitious Highways Transformation we are looking to grow our team of highway engineering professionals and develop talent for the future. 

In this role you'll:

• Undertake driven, walked or cycled highway safety inspections in line with Staffordshire County Councils Highway Safety Inspection Code of Practice and all associated procedures and policies.
• Inspect, monitor and maintain records of activities within or affecting the highway to ensure compliance with legal, technical and other regulations placed upon the Council as a Highway Authority, to ensure safety at road and street works and that the condition of the highway asset is protected.
• Organise individual inspection workload within a geographical area to ensure that the required inspections and visits are efficiently carried out and completed..
• Issue defects and other non-compliances and follow them up including those that are disputed to ensure they are appropriately corrected including organising and arranging meetings with third parties and recording evidence/information to enable recovery of charges.
• Represent the council and the service in respect of claims against the authority related to the key activities of the role including attendance at court.

You will have:

• Hold or be willing to train to acquire required accreditation - Highway Safety Inspectors Training (IHE approved syllabus) or NRSWA Supervisors Card and LANTRA 12D (M7) as a minimum
• Previous experience of highway maintenance and undertaking safety inspections
• Working knowledge of Microsoft O365 to include Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Teams, SharePoint and safety inspection systems such as CONFIRM.
• An awareness of appropriate industry knowledge with reference to Specification for Highway Works and legislation such as the Highways Act, Traffic Signs Manual, New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 and Safety at Street Works and Road Works Code of Practice.
• Full clean UK driving license

Don’t feel you meet all the requirements? We value transferable skills, experiences, and qualifications so consider applying anyway or for an informal chat about the role please contact Daniel Eldridge, Highways Inspection Manager at: Daniel.Eldridge@staffordshire.gov.uk

Interviews to be held on or around 8th May 2026.

Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

Our recruitment process:

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.