Drainage Inspector

Job Title:  Drainage Inspector Posting Start Date:  31/07/2026 Posting End Date:  14/08/2026 Department:  Environment Office Location:  W Smithfield Rotunda Carpark Level of DBS required for this role:  None required Level of vetting required?:  No security vetting is required Is this a politically restricted post?:  No Does this post require a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check?:  No

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required have also been included. Workplace role categories describe our approach to workplace attendance

Salary: £40,083 - £44,414 per annum inclusive of all allowances   

Contractual Hours: 37.25 hours per week 

Hours of Work/Work Pattern: 08:00am – 16:30pm with 45 min lunch (Monday to Wednesday inclusive), 08:00am – 16:00pm with 45 min lunch (Thursday), 08:00am – 15.30pm with 45 min lunch (Friday) 

Basis: Permanent 

Workplace category: Workplace Based  

Workplace role categories describe our approach to workplace attendance. 

Attachments: Job Description and Person Specification

Summary of Terms and Conditions of Employment

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The Environment Department is responsible for the delivery of a range of services associated with facilitating works on its highway, service subway network and sewer system within the City of London.  

Working in the Contract Management and Drainage Service Group you will be expected to undertake duties including assisting with surveys, putting road closures in place and completing confined space entry work while at the same time ensuring that the activities of the group are completed with minimal disruption to both the highway and members of the public.  You will have good communication skills, and be able to work on both your own initiative and within a team environment.  

Local government package of conditions and benefits apply to this appointment.  Starting salary will be based on qualifications, knowledge and experience. 

 If this role is advertised as a secondment, secondments are subject to the agreement of your department releasing you, therefore, you need to discuss this with your line manager prior to applying. The purpose of this will be to discuss what, if any, impact your secondment might have on the service and service delivery should your application be successful, and how this might be addressed.  

The City of London Corporation is currently undergoing a programme to ensure that our pay and reward practices are competitive and equitable across the whole organisation, to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to thrive in the work that we do. 

Closing date: 23:59pm on 14th August 2026  

Interviews will be held on W/C 24th August 2026  

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To apply online please click the Apply online button below.  

Alternatively, please contact [phone removed] (24 hr answerphone) quoting reference number OENV1373 if you experience any difficulties.  A minicom service for the hearing impaired is available on [phone removed]. 

The City of London Corporation is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. 

We reserve the right to close the advert earlier should we receive a high number of applications. 

Because our roles are so varied, we don’t have a ‘one size fits all’ policy for workplace attendance. How many days a week you’ll be required to attend your workplace will depend on the requirements of your role. It’s important that you understand the requirements before applying to ensure you are able to meet them. We are committed to considering requests to work flexibly and job share. Requests will be considered by the recruiting manager in line with our policies and business needs. 

For more information on our categories for workplace attendance, please view our guide here.   

We will be reviewing this policy and approach at regular intervals to ensure we’re meeting our attendance needs.