NRSWA Inspector

What will you be doing?

Undertake the inspection, recording and reporting of Street Works, Permits, Highway infrastructure and surface defects in accordance with Street Works legislation and associated regulations and code of practice and other relevant highways legislation.

Ensure compliance with the NRSWA and North Northamptonshire Permit Scheme for road and street works to enable the Council to hold utility providers and other contractors working in the highway accountable for their works on the highway network.

Ensure that inspections and other operations are carried out in accordance with the Code of Practice.

Ensure the cost effective and efficient co-ordination of required works identified through inspections.

Ensure that the needs of customers and users of the public highway network are met.

About you

You will be an experienced highways professional with specific knowledge of highway maintenance techniques, traffic management requirements and engineering solutions. We are looking for someone with significant experience in streetworks and highway permitting, who understands the mechanisms of managing roadworks on a local authority highway network, as well as the operations of utility companies and the councils service providers. 

Good organisational, IT and communication skills are essential

A customer focussed outlook is essential in meeting the needs and demands of the residents of North Northamptonshire as well as experience of dealing with Councillors and other external stakeholders.

Our benefits

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About us

Our Values and Behaviours

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our Key Commitments

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council’s pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status.

We aim to be a carbon neutral Council by 2030.

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)