Highway Inspector in Liverpool

Pay: £239.85 per day. PAYE – Reference: OR100549.

Schedule: 2 days Hybrid but will be on site most of the time. Full-time role on a temporary basis.

Responsibilities:

• Inspect highways assets to ensure safety for public use and take appropriate action, including issuing work to contractors, checking completed work, and monitoring progress.
• Part of the highways on-call system to respond to emergencies out of hours, including winter maintenance.
• Undertake highway related inspections (both walked and driven) in accordance with the Highways Act 1980, the New Roads & Street Works Act 1991, and Well-Managed Highways Infrastructure – A code of Practice, maintaining and updating all associated records.
• Ensure all works/inspections are undertaken within correct time-scales and to appropriate standards, in line with current policy and guidelines, achieving business and service targets.
• Log and report defects on assets such as carriageway and footway surfaces, street furniture, carriageway markings and highway drainage.
• Raise work orders following routine Section 58 inspections, ad-hoc inspections, claims investigations, and serviceability inspections, checking that works are carried out correctly and to required standards.
• Investigate reports/complaints of highway defects received from members of the public and other sources and take action as appropriate.
• Assist with establishing and implementing a programme of inspections and investigations.
• Report and respond to emergencies in accordance with the emergency procedure and be part of the out-of-hours service as part of an on-call system rota for emergencies, including winter maintenance.
• Use computer and handheld devices in support of reactive maintenance delivery.
• Monitor, police and liaise with persons or bodies wishing to execute works on the Public Highway.
• Manage obstructions/defective works; raise Section 81 (New Roads & Street Works Act 1991) defect notices where needed.
• Liaise with Utility Companies, Contractors, Public, Councillors, litigation representatives and claimants; attend meetings as required.
• Prepare letters, statutory notices, reports, statements and other documents; serve such notices and attend court in accordance with legal requirements.
• Assist the Reactive Maintenance Manager in performance improvement efforts.
• Prioritise work to resolve highway issues and enquiries, including dropped crossing requests.
• Promote the client with statutory authorities, external organisations, community and other stakeholders.

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