Highways Inspector


Company:	ESSENTIAL EMPLOYMENT LTD
Salary:	£26.62 to £26.62 an hour
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Oxford, OX1 1ND
Working pattern:	On-site
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	28 Sept 2026
Closing date:	28 Oct 2026

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Summary

Highway Inspector needed in Oxford

This is a temporary role and the rate is £26.62ph PAYE

The reference number is: 480599

The successful candidate will undertake statutory and risk-based highway safety inspections and associated activities to ensure the highway network remains safe, serviceable, and compliant with relevant legislation. The role also provides a proactive customer engagement function, acting as a key interface between the service, stakeholders, and the public.

They will undertake planned, cyclical, and ad hoc road safety inspections of the highway network, including carriageways, footways, and associated assets, will identify, risk assess, and categorise defects in accordance with policy and national codes of practice and will raise works orders and ensure defects are progressed within agreed timescales.

If you are interested in the role please apply on our website with your CV, alternatively you can email your CV to Kirsty@essentialemploy.co.uk quoting the reference number.

Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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