Highways Inspectors Team Manager

About the job. National Highways have an excellent opportunity for a Highways Inspector Team Manager to join our Service Delivery team within Operations in the East region. The Highways Inspector Team Manager will provide management and direction to a team of Highway Inspectors to ensure delivery of a high-quality service that meets the requirements of National Highways special defence under Section 58 of the Highways Act.

Please note that this position will have on duty responsibility and may be required to work unsociable hours. You will also be required to drive as part of your role and you will need to have a full driving licence, with no more than 3 points, to be considered for this position. Ensuring the health and safety needs and wellbeing of customers and employees are fully considered and accounted for throughout the planning and delivery of each service activity.

Providing line management for a team of Highways Inspectors, ensuring timely setting of objectives, performance management reviews, and development of appropriate succession and development plans. Managing the utilisation and allocation of team resources to ensure appropriate resourcing levels for all the activities in scope, including managing duty responsibilities for highway asset advice aging the development and delivery of inspections schedules in line with agreed timescales, budgets and procedures and to ensure that all inspection findings are recorded in the relevant systems and meet data capture standards.

Facilitating positive and collaborative ways of working with internal and external stakeholders, such as Traffic Officers, Network Planners and 3rd party supply chain, in order to share knowledge, plan and maximise the use of network occupancy and available traffic management, and ultimately contribute to the overall customer experience. About you. Knowledge of New Roads and Street Works Act with extensive experience in Highways Inspection and good understanding of Health & Safety implications of working on high speed roads.

Good knowledge of MS applications and ability to work with IT, data and digital tools effectively. Capable of managing a programme of works to tight budgets and timescales. Proven management and communication skills, with ability to motivate and inspire confidence in teams. Registered on the Institute of Highways Engineers Register of Highway Inspectors (LANTRA training and assessment or City & Guilds qualification), member of MCIHT/MIHE, and NRSWA Supervisor or equivalent (desirable) - or can demonstrate equivalent, relevant professional experience.

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