Highways Structures Inspector - Stafford, United Kingdom - Amey

Amey

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Stafford, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Your New Role
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Highways Structures Inspector to join our Consulting Highways team.

We seek a motivated Highway Structures Inspector with demonstrable experience of DMRB inspection and other standards, experience in structures management and maintenance, accompanied with a practical and progressive attitude to safety.

You will be a member of the 14 strong structures team; delivering maintenance and improvement schemes to ensure all structures remain in use and fit for purpose.

As part of our Structures Team, you will be a key to ensuring the safety of highway users, identifying structural defects and managing risk.

On behalf of SCC we maintain a diverse range of structures with over 5000 assets on the structures inventory, including 1000+ road bridges, 100km of retaining wall and county dams.

Working closely with Amey Highways we deliver approximately 100 maintenance and improvement schemes each year. In addition, we support other teams, including major projects and local developments to deliver larger infrastructure projects.

Work-life balance and flexibility are key for our success. We empower our people to make choices that are right for them, with hybrid, part-time and flexible work patterns. And with a network of offices across the UK, we're open to discussing working options that suit you.

You will be responsible for:

Undertake structural inspection as part of the asset management function to record condition, manage risk and identify maintenance requirements to support forward delivery programmes.
Undertake General, Principal and Special Inspections in accordance with CS450 Inspection of Highway Structures and other appropriate documents in the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges.
Respond to customer enquiries and reports of structural damage.
Support the Structures Manager and other team members to ensure compliance with relevant technical and safety standards
Produce Safe Systems of Work in line with the Amey Zero Safety Code
Use specialist equipment to gain access over watercourses, highway and railway environments, plus the use of innovative technology to drive improvements in quality and efficiency.

What makes this role unique

Our Highways teams impact the journeys of millions across the UK, by working in partnership with a range of clients and providing consultancy design services for Strategic and Local Highway networks.

We are passionate about the highways projects that we design and take pride in seeing our towns and cities thrive by improving connectivity, journey times and quality of life

We want to hear from you if you have:

Have demonstrable experience in the inspection of highway or rail structures, to identify defects and their potential cause.
Have knowledge of structural repair techniques, investigations and testing requirements.
Have achieved or working towards Inspector Level of NHSS31 Bridge Inspector Certification Scheme (BICS).
Can demonstrate sound engineering judgement in assessing structural defects.
Can manage programmes of work to ensure contract targets are achieved.
Independently write/check high quality technical reports for client submission.
Can technically support and mentor junior staff.
You are experienced in writing and operating Safe Systems of Work and undertaking Point of Work Risk Assessments.
You have a full UK driving licence.

What we offer you

When you join us, we can offer flexibility, career development, a choice of benefits and support that help you through all life's ups and downs.

It's the reason why Investors in People put us among the top 1% of employers and we have a competitive reward and benefits program
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Career Development

Exceptional development and progression plan

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Pension

Generous Pension scheme which we will contribute to

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Holidays:

Minimum 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays

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Choices:

Our flexible benefits scheme is tailored by you, including buying additional annual leave, cycle2work scheme, charity giving and gym membership

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Save with Amey

Our online voucher portal gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in. It includes healthcare, free GP service, dental vouchers

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Social Value:

You'll get 2 Community Involvement Days each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice and further opportunities to support fundraising initiatives

We embrace difference and
support individuals to work in ways that work best for them.

We are
committed to working
sustainably and by
working in partnership with the communities we serve, so
people and the planet
are protected.

At Amey,
you have freedom to perform because we know if nothing holds you back, together, we can be extraordinary.

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