Highways Inspectors Team Manager at National Highways

Darlington, England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

20 May, 26

Salary

44970.0

Posted On

19 Feb, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Management, Direction, Highway Inspection, Health and Safety, Performance Management, Succession Planning, Resource Allocation, Inspection Scheduling, Data Capture Standards, Stakeholder Facilitation, Traffic Management, MS Applications, Digital Tools, Programme Management, Communication, Team Motivation

Industry

Civil Engineering

Description

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 YNE 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 at incidents. Managing 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 Why you should join us At National Highways we believe in a connected country. We are passionate about creating a culture where colleagues feel connected, included and enjoy greater wellbeing to achieve this. We’re proud that as an organisation we are continually striving to do better and actively encourage and support our colleagues to do the same with their careers. So, if you put safety first, take ownership of your work, show passion for what you do, work effectively in a team, and demonstrate integrity in how you do it – then you’ll be a great fit for our organisation. A connected and sustainable working approach has been adopted across National Highways. For some roles, this means being able to work in a hybrid way spending up to 60% of time working from a remote location such as home. Please wait until the interview stage before asking us about flexibility, and we will explore what is possible. Our benefits package Our total reward package includes basic salary, the potential for a performance related bonus Contributory pension scheme with employer contribution of up to 10% Annual Leave starting at 26 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising by 1 day each year up to 31 days (plus Bank Holidays) Flexible hours and an approach driven by connected and sustainable working which includes hybrid working Life assurance of 4 times annual salary Health and wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, available 24/7 365 days and network of mental health first aiders. Plus access to a wellbeing app to enhance your self-care 24/7, Occupational health service and flu vaccines A cycle to work scheme for the purchase of a bicycle and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel Significant investment in your career development, through learning and development, talent management, coaching, mentoring and on job experience And we are Family friendly with enhanced maternity leave and pay, paternity leave (15 days), shared parental leave, adoption leave. Plus access to financial support for holiday play schemes and paid special leave (up to 5 days pa), eg for caring responsibilities Money friendly with access to a discounts platform including over 3000 discounts for supermarkets, eating out, leisure, holidays. Alongside a financial wellbeing programme Community friendly – offering paid leave to volunteer, 3 days basic/year If you are successful, it is key to know all offers of employment are subject to satisfactory completion of our pre-employment checks which include: Right to work check 3 year employment history references DBS criminal record check Social media and adverse journalism check Driving licence check (if applicable) Fit to work questionnaire (for all), followed by a medical check (if applicable) Qualifications and/or professional membership check (if applicable) And finally We reserve the right to close before the advertisement expires.

Responsibilities

The Highways Inspector Team Manager will manage and direct a team of Highway Inspectors to deliver a high-quality service meeting National Highways' requirements under Section 58 of the Highways Act. Responsibilities include line management, performance reviews, managing resource allocation, and overseeing the development and delivery of inspection schedules.