Highway Maintenance Assessor

Highway Maintenance Assessor

Full Time | Permanent

Location: West Midlands

Salary: £36,000-£38,000 per annum

Start date: Flexible

Are you an experienced highway maintenance professional looking to share your skills with the next generation of technicians?

About the Role

As a Highway Maintenance Assessor, you'll assess apprentices working towards their Highways Maintenance apprenticeship standard, visiting them in the workplace to track their progress and support their development.

You'll join a further education provider in the West Midlands, working closely with employers, tutors and apprentices to plan reviews, record evidence of progress and prepare learners for their end-point assessment.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Assessing apprentices' progress in essential road maintenance skills, including surface repair and kerb and pavement maintenance.

• Conducting regular reviews with the apprentice, employer and tutor to discuss progress and achievements.

• Supporting apprentices to gather the off-the-job learning hours, functional skills and record of evidence needed to reach Gateway.

• Preparing apprentices for their end-point assessment, including the knowledge test and the practical task covering bitumen laying, kerb laying, and concrete or modular paving.

• Confirming learner competency alongside the employer ahead of Gateway.

Essential Qualification

• A relevant qualification in highway maintenance, or significant industry experience

About You

We're looking for someone who:

• has hands-on experience working within highway maintenance or a related industry

• enjoys mentoring and supporting learners to develop practical, industry-ready skills

• is comfortable working outdoors and alongside skilled tradespeople in real highway environments

• can build strong working relationships with employers, tutors and apprentices

If you're ready to help shape the next generation of highway maintenance operatives, we'd love to hear from you.

Important Notice

Dovetail and Slate is a specialist education recruitment company. If this role isn't quite right, we welcome your CV and a call to explore other opportunities.

We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. All appointments are subject to satisfactory vetting, including a right to work check and, where relevant, an enhanced DBS, PVG (Scotland), or EWC (Wales) check, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

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