Senior Inspection & Enforcement Officer

Grade C – £35,412 - £44,075 |
Consultation grade – subject to formal evaluation under the Equal Pay Programme |
Working 36.5 hours per week

Are you passionate about maintaining high standards across our city’s highway network?

Birmingham City Council –
Senior Inspection Officer (FTC – 12 months)

As a Senior Inspection and Enforcement Officer, you will play a key role in monitoring, auditing and verifying the performance of service providers responsible for delivering highway maintenance and related services.

Reporting to the Principal Performance Officer, you will deliver a programme of planned and ad‑hoc inspections, ensuring that contractual obligations are met and that all work complies with required standards, legislation and council policies.

• Conduct inspections and audits to assess service provider performance against contractual, technical and legal requirements.
• Deliver both scheduled and ad‑hoc inspections, providing clear, balanced and evidence‑based performance assessments.
• Record all findings accurately using approved systems and equipment, ensuring full auditability.
• Maintain strong working knowledge of highway standards, legislation and relevant Council policies.
• Work collaboratively across internal teams and with external service providers.
• Uphold the Council’s Equal Opportunities policies in all aspects of your work.

• Relevant qualification and significant experience in auditing or verifying service delivery (highways experience preferred).
• Understanding of statutory highway obligations and PFI contract principles.
• LANTRA trained.
• Strong communication and relationship‑building skills.
• Ability to analyse technical and performance data.
• Confident IT user.
• Commitment to excellent customer care and equality in service delivery.

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people. We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.

Birmingham City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our citizens and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. You can view our Corporate Safeguarding Policy here.

Sponsorship is not available for this post. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK that does not require employer sponsorship for the duration of the appointment.