Highway Inspector

Highway Inspector - Oxfordshire County Council

📍 Oxfordshire
💷 £35.00 per hour (UMBRELLA) | Inside IR35
📅 6-12 Month Contract Rolling

Weekly Pay Every Friday

Oxfordshire County Council is seeking an experienced Highway Inspector to help keep the county's highway network safe, compliant, and well maintained.

Key Responsibilities:

• Carry out planned and reactive highway safety inspections.
• Identify, assess, and record highway defects.
• Raise and manage repair orders, ensuring works are completed within required timescales.
• Monitor highway works and ensure compliance with council standards.
• Respond to enquiries from residents, councillors, and stakeholders.
• Maintain accurate inspection records to support statutory defence and claims.
• Support highway maintenance programmes and asset management activities.
• Promote safe working practices and excellent customer service.

Requirements:

✅ Proven experience in highway inspections or highways maintenance
✅ Strong knowledge of highway safety standards and risk assessment
✅ Experience using highway asset management systems (e.g. Symology/Insight)
✅ Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
✅ Full UK driving licence

This is an excellent opportunity to join a busy local authority team and play a key role in maintaining and improving Oxfordshire's highway network.

• 37 hours a week min
• Monday to Friday
• Weekly Pay

How to Apply or for more Information:

3 simple ways to apply or get in touch:

• Apply directly online via the Matchtech website
• Call Callum Laycock directly on [phone removed]
• Email your CV to

Matchtech:

Matchtech are the largest and leading Highways and Transportation Recruitment Company in the UK.

Future Roles:

If you have the correct experience for this type of position but this specific role is not quite right for you, as the level, location or rates etc. is it not quite what you are looking for a present, please still feel free to get in touch with me as I continually recruit similar roles to the one above at all levels across the UK.

Alternatively if are not suitable for this role but still work within the Highways and Transportation industry and believe you will be looking for a new role in the future please give me a call for a confidential chat regarding your employment status.

To apply for these roles, candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.