Traffic Examiner

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

Apply before 11:55 pm on Monday 25th May 2026

📍 Location: Abingdon, Bury St Edmunds, Carlisle, Crawley, Farnborough, Hull, Kendal, Newbury, Norwich

💷 Salary: £30,485 - A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

🕘️ Contract Type: Permanent – Flexible Working, Full-time

🏆️ Available Positions: 9

The Bury St Edmunds position will be based at Elmswell.

You have just contributed to ensuring that Britain’s roads are one of the safest in Europe.

How did you do that?

You’re on a check-site next to a busy motorway, inspecting a HGV belonging to a company with a high infringement rate. The driver is keen to finish the route and unhappy with the interruption.

You use your knowledge and experience to assess and monitor the tachograph records. Finding that the driver has been driving for too long without a break, you state your case as to why they mu...