Streetworks Inspector

Streetworks Inspector

Location: Chelmsford

Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time

Our client, Ringway Jacobs, a leading provider of integrated highways management, is seeking a motivated and capable Streetworks Inspector to join our dynamic and supportive team, offering an exciting opportunity to build a progressive career in a rewarding industry.

As a partnership between Essex County Council and Ringway Jacobs, Essex Highways delivers a high-quality service to communities across the county. Our Streetworks team plays a vital role in ensuring compliance with the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 and the effective operation of the Essex Permit Scheme - coordinating works, protecting highway assets, and minimising disruption for road users.

In this role, you will carry out inspections of utility companies, contractors, and third parties working across the highway network, ensuring works meet required standards and regulations. You’ll record findings accurately using handheld technology, support the completion of remedial works, and engage directly with contractors, stakeholders, and the public.

This is a varied, hands-on position involving site visits by foot, vehicle, or other means - often covering significant distances - and may include investigating claims, responding to enquiries, and representing the authority where required.

The Role

• Responsible for carrying out inspections and recording the condition of the public highway to ensure it is maintained to a standard acceptable to the Highways Authority.
• Responsible for raising defects using data capture devices to enable the delivery teams or utilities to plan and prioritise work accordingly, in line with company policy.
• Monitor and supervise highway work undertaken by contractors or utilities to ensure compliance with specification, safety, legislation, and objectives of Essex Highways.
• Intervene and instruct an immediate response where imminent and significant dangers are identified. Responsible for inspecting and reporting on suitability of sites for issue of Statutory Licences.
• Responsible for providing advice, guidance and information to stakeholders, partners, and customers. Responding to complaints, including guiding customers if no action is to be taken.                     

About You

• Experience of dealing with members of the public and dealing with compliments and complaints.
• Conversant with modern IT packages including Microsoft applications – Word, Excel and Teams.
• Good written and verbal communication, organisational and interpersonal skills (including report and document writing).
• Full driving licence
• Possesses an NRSWA accreditation Supervisor Certificate.
• Knowledge and application of Highway legislation.

Benefits

At Ringway Jacobs we recognise that our people make the difference, and in order to do what we do well, particular care is taken in nurturing and investing in our people. That’s why you will always be given the opportunity to utilise your expertise and develop your career.

Ringway Jacobs recognises the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements across many of our roles. We therefore welcome applications from people looking for an alternative working pattern e.g. part-time hours, job share etc. Please let us know on your CV or cover letter if this is what you are looking for.

In return for your hard work you will receive:

• Sick Pay
• Competitive salary
• Opportunity to purchase up to 5 days extra leave
• A variety of discounts through our “RJ Rewards” app, including restaurants, holidays, days out etc
• Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Pension scheme
   

The Company

We are Ringway Jacobs, a leading highways service provider working with local authorities across the UK. Formed in 2005, specifically to provide road network management solutions to local government, our unique blend of engineering capability, innovation and customer care make us the best in class. We support over 10,000 miles of highways, 10,000 miles of footway, almost 7,800 miles of public rights of way and 242,000 street lights. We excel in delivering safe, sustainable service excellence, through our passion, integrity and collaborative culture.

Ringway Jacobs is an equal opportunities employer. We wish to ensure equality of opportunity in employment and the fair treatment of all our employees.

If you require further details, please contact our Recruitment Team on (phone number removed), e-mail them, or click on the “Apply Now” button. This will take you to a login page, where you will need to create an account to continue your application. Once you have created an account you will be able to see where your application is up to and apply for other opportunities within Ringway Jacobs.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments to be made as part of the application process please contact us directly.

We have a dedicated recruitment team and politely request that agencies refrain from contacting anyone across our businesses with regards to speculative CV’s or offering to assist with our vacancies, thank you.