Highways Safety Inspector - London, United Kingdom - Balfour Beatty

Balfour Beatty

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

About the role
We are looking for a Safety Inspector to join our service delivery team.

You are responsible for carrying out daily driven inspections of the M25 DBFO network to identify defects which pose a risk to road users to work within the Connect Plus Services Technology Services Team maintaining & improving M25 Technology assets

What you'll be doing
This is a Site-based role, so you will be expected to be on the network most of the time.

You will be undertaking Highway Safety Inspections across the M25 Network and be responsible for carrying out daily driven inspections to identify defects which pose a risk to road users.

You will be working within one of our depots and carry out weekly inspections on both the Motorway and all purpose trunk roads.

The role is responsible for deciding on what actions are then required to be taken to make safe or rectify those defects including Identification and recording of CAT1 safety defect.

The role also requires you to carry out walked safety inspections on a monthly basis.

Who we're looking for

Previous experience of working in a highway maintenance contract
Knowledge and experience of highway & Motorway defects
Knowledge of highway construction and repair requirements.
Full driving licence
City & Guilds Highway Inspection (preferable) or equivalent

Personal attributes:

Strong team player and ability to build relationships with a variety of colleagues
Good work ethic, committed and reliable
Ability to meet deadlines by organising and planning own workload
Good communication skills and can get point across succinctly
Be flexible and prepared to work unsociable hours as required
Reads and comprehends contract documents.
Keeps Inspector's Daily report of assigned work activities

Why work for us
CPS is a joint Venture project with Balfour Beatty, Atkins, and Egis. We operate and maintain the M25.

The M25 is the busiest section of motorway in Europe and requires careful and efficient planning of work in order to deliver over £100m of annual investment in the highway infrastructure each year, in addition to planned and reactive maintenance activity.

If you have or are looking for a career in Highways, working on the M25 will give you experience and challenge that no other highways project can offer

About us

At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business.

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction.

In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment.

We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Job Reference:
BBUK02123