ESSENTIAL EMPLOYMENT LTD

Highways Inspector

OX1 1ND

Key information

Pay
£26.62 to £26.62 an hour
Hours
Full-time
Contract
Contract
Workplace arrangement
On-site
Posted date
28 Sep 2026
Closing date
28 Oct 2026

About this role

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.

All our roles may be subject to pre-employment checks including references so please be prepared.

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