Inspector (Roads)

An opportunity has arisen within Neighbourhoods, Regeneration and Sustainability for an Inspector (Roads) to join our Roads service on a permanent basis.

NRS brings together a diverse range of Glasgow City Council operational, technical and development services that focus on sustainable transport, place making and delivering essential city services.

If you’re interested in working within a service that touches on all aspects within the city, please read on.

Position Details

Our Inspectors monitor and inspect roadworks & gully cleaning undertaken by internal and external contractors, public utilities and developers, and investigate and report on public liability claims, assess road defects and issue repair instructions as per the Councils Risk based policy.

You will enjoy a challenge, be enthusiastic to new ways of working and complete work to ensure targets are met. Good communication/interpersonal skills, IT skills and a current driving licence are essential. Previous experience in roads and traffic operations, a HAUC certificate and City & Guilds/ONC/SVQ or equivalent qualification are desirable. 

Further details regarding what this role entails are noted within the Role Profile for the post, whilst the Person Specification document confirms the key competencies you are required to demonstrate in your application.

Contract Details

Weekly Hours: 35 per week

Work Pattern: Monday - Friday

Annual Salary: £32,024.87 - £36,151.72 on an incremental scale.

If you’re shortlisted for the post, we look forward to telling you more about our approach to ensuring needs of the business are met along with flexibility to maintain your work-life balance through our family friendly policies, such as our flexible working procedure and work/life balance policy which are available here .

Benefits of working with us

Glasgow City Council employees have access to a wide-ranging and generous benefits package.

These include 182 hours paid annual leave (the equivalent of 26 days for a Monday – Friday worker), rising to 203 hours (29 days) after 5 years’ service, as well as an additional 12.5 days paid public holidays each year.

Details of some other staff benefits, including our contributory pension scheme, can be found here . Whilst details of our conditions of service and policies are available here .

For guidance on completing your application, and to view other benefits on offer for employees of Glasgow City Council, please visit the following link:

Application Packs

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If we need to post it to you, we’ll send it by second-class mail within three working days. Please allow enough time to complete and return your application before the closing date. If you think you might need more time because of accessibility needs, please get in touch and we’ll be happy to help.

There are also a number of Accessibility Tools compatible with the myjobscotland website which may assist you with your application. More information on these can be found at

Further Information

The Council promotes flexible working, we are happy to talk about flexible working options in relation to the role, to support your work-life balance.

We welcome applications from everyone and are committed to building a diverse workforce. We particularly encourage applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, disabled people and women for senior roles, as these groups are currently underrepresented within our workforce.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Glasgow City Council aims to offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role, in line with the Disability Confident scheme.

Please note that Glasgow City Council is currently completing a Job Evaluation exercise and introducing a new pay and grading structure which may impact on current salaries quoted in job adverts, see

For further information about working for us please refer to our website  GCC HR Policies