Area Scheduler 12 Month FTC

M Group Highways; Huntingdon; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join M Group Highways as an Area Scheduler, where you'll play a crucial role in programming and coordinating highway maintenance works across the UK. This position offers the chance to work in a collaborative environment, ensuring safety and efficiency while contributing to vital infrastructure services. With a focus on personal growth and development, you'll be part of a team that values innovation and community impact.

Benefits

Matched or contributory pension scheme

Online GP service, 24/7

Employee assistance programme

Life assurance

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Proficient in Microsoft suite of programmes.
• Experience in effective programming ideally in highway maintenance.
• Understanding of the Traffic Management Act.

Responsibilities

• Programme a variety of Highways Maintenance works.
• Liaise with Inspectors and Local Highways Officers.
• Handle in Hours emergencies and organise necessary attendance.

Skills

IT skills

Coordination

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Experience in construction or maintenance works

Job description

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career; with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in afriendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working?

At M Group Highways, we’re supporting the safe transportation and movement of people across the UK.

We don’t just build roads and bridges- we’re building a better future, creating lasting social value that gives back to the communities in which we work.

You’ll be joining our Highways maintenance team in Cambridgeshire, as the UK’s number one highway maintenance contractor, our teams use the latest innovations to create effective solutions. We offer a range of services including planned and reactive maintenance and highway improvement schemes.

Want to come and be a part of it?

What you’ll be doing:

As an area scheduler, you will programme a wide variety of Highways Maintenance works, submitting and managing the permit process and scheduling the repairs of safety defects.

Are you a strong coordinator? You’ll make sure all works are planned and coordinated, working with the delivery teams to update highway maintenance programmes with progress and meet contractual deadlines

You'll liaise with Inspectors and Local Highways Officers to ensure all works order information is provided to successfully schedule the work

You’ll have the opportunity to identify savings and efficiencies where appropriate

Have you used causeway before? You’ll input job details and upload works orders to mobile Causeway devices, as well as provide technical support to the operatives

Are you a strong collaborator? You’ll work with Area Managers, Supervisors, Local Highways Officers and inspectors to provide updates and minimise issues with timing and delivery.

You'll escalate programme delays to the Area Managers and Supervisors to minimise issues with timing and delivery.

You'll Handle in Hours emergencies and organise the necessary attendance within the contractual attendance timescale.

You’ll create and update Street works permits and apply for utility stat plans when required

What you’ll bring:

• Are you confident in your IT skills? You’ll be proficient in Microsoft suite of programmes
• Do you have Experience in effective programming? You’ll need this ideally in construction or maintenance works, preferably in the highway maintenance industry
• Are you a great team player? You’ll work well with others and develop excellent relationships with contacts at all levels – from the client to colleagues across M Group Services.
• Do you have good communication skills? You’ll provide clarity and influence in client decision making.
• You’ll have understanding of the Traffic Management Act (Street works Noticing / Permitting)

What’s in it for you?

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;

• Matched or contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme

In addition, this role offers:

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!
• Holiday purchase scheme

About us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We are one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

• We’reresponsibleand go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
• We’reopenand seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
• We’retogetherand as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
• We’reambitiousand embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.

It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note:Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3^rdparty background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.

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