Job Description
Post Title: Roads Inspector
Location: Inverness
Hours: 35 hours per week
Duration: Fixed Term for 23 months
Salary: HC05 - HC06 - £27,554 - £33,579 (Depending on experience) - See Job and Person Specification.
Salary placing will normally be at the first point of the scale.
Contact: Person: Elizabeth Maciver Tel: 01463 702085 or elizabeth.maciver@highland.gov.uk
Job Purpose
1. To survey and map roadside trees.
2. To identify trees that are dead, dying or dangerous and require works.
3. To liaise with Area teams, contractors or landowners over organising works.
4. To update the asset management database with information.
5. To create sustainable and achievable processes for the Roads Service.
6. Assist in implementing changes relating to policies, procedures and processes.
7. To assist in producing a strategy for the management of trees within the Highland Council's adopted road network.
8. Assist in establishing a prioritisation process for the management of tree works.
9. To use a computer-aided drawing package such as ArcGIS or the asset management database to produce maps and statistical information.
10. Assist in producing contract documentation, reports, maps, and PowerPoint presentations.
Please APPLY ONLINE. If you are unable to apply online and wish to request an offline application pack, please contact HR Transactions Team, T: 01955 608279 (24-hour voicemail) quoting the post reference number above.
The Highland Council is committed to diversity, equality, and inclusion. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and particularly encourage candidates from under-represented groups.
As a disability confident employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for the post.
Shortlisted applicants will normally be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including junk/spam folders.
Minimum Requirements
* HNC/HND/Degree in arboriculture or a related discipline.
* Professional Tree Inspection certification or equivalent, or the ability to obtain such.
* Valid driving licence. You will be expected to travel efficiently and effectively between various work locations within Highland, including overnight stays as required.
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