Highway Technician: Train, Maintain & Respond

Castle Primary School; Hook; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Hampshire County Council is offering an exciting opportunity as a Highway Technician within the Highways Delivery team. You will assist engineers in delivering a wide range of highway repairs across Hampshire and help respond to highway emergencies, with training provided to develop your career.

This is a permanent, full-time role based at Hook and Bishops Waltham depots, requiring a full UK driving licence and the ability to travel as needed.

Qualifications

• A motivated person with a willingness to learn.
• Someone with an interest and appreciation of highway engineering and the management/ maintenance of a large road network.
• A team player with strong collaborative skills.
• Excellent communication skills for building positive relationships with a diverse range of people, including colleagues, contractors, members of the public and local councillors.
• Sound IT skills and able to accurately record information.

Responsibilities

• As a Highway Technician, you will be assisting engineers in delivering a large variety of highway repairs throughout Hampshire as well as dealing with highway emergencies, adverse weather response and highway enforcement to enable the efficient use of Hampshire’s highway network.
• You will have the ability to fulfil the travel requirements of the role (it is essential that you have a full current UK drivers’ licence and access to a reliable vehicle on a regular basis), and, as required, be able to work out of hours to respond to weather and other emergencies.

Skills

Willingness to learn

Interest in highway engineering

Team player

Excellent communication skills

Strong IT skills

Job description

Hampshire County Council is offering an exciting opportunity as a Highway Technician within the Highways Delivery team. You will assist engineers in delivering a wide range of highway repairs across Hampshire and help respond to highway emergencies, with training provided to develop your career.

This is a permanent, full-time role based at Hook and Bishops Waltham depots, requiring a full UK driving licence and the ability to travel as needed.