Highways Maintenance Operative

Kier Group; Horley; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Holiday entitlement

Overtime

Job summary

Kier Group is recruiting a Highways Maintenance Operative to join the Transportation Team at one of our depots in Area 4. The role offers a pension scheme, generous holiday entitlement, and additional benefits.

Based at Weatherhill Depot, Ford Depot, or Marley Lane, you will work 40 hours weekly (Mon–Fri) with occasional night shifts in a rotating cycle. Salary ranges from £13.45 to £15.83 per hour, plus call out and overtime.

Qualifications

• Experience in highway maintenance or similar field.
• Willingness to work outdoors in all weather conditions.
• Manual driving licence - this is essential so you can drive our vehicles to site with the necessary tools and equipment.
• You enjoy working collaboratively with others to build effective relationships.
• You're committed to promoting health and safety in the workplace at all times.

Responsibilities

• Operating light plant machinery such as compressors, rollers, and disc cutters, including daily maintenance checks.
• Assisting skilled operatives with kerbing, drainage, paving, surfacing, and repair works.
• Excavating soil, rock, asphalt, and concrete using hand and powered tools.
• Performing general site duties including sweeping, cleaning, litter picking, and handling materials.
• Carrying out duties such as grass cutting, gully emptying, strimming and traffic management.

Job description

We're looking for a Highways Maintenance Operative to join our Transportation Team in our depots across Area 4. Within this role, you can enjoy a fantastic, pension scheme, a competitive annual holiday entitlement, and even more.

Can you envision a world without transportation links by land, sea, or air? Neither can we! Your journey is our journey. Join us at Kier Transportation, where we are working brilliantly together to make a difference, supporting the movement of people, goods, and equipment.

Location: Based at one of the following depots. Weatherhill Depot (RH6 9JE), Ford Depot (BN18 0DF), Marley Lane (TN33 0RE)

Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday. We can offer day or night working; however, as part of the shift rota, you will be required to work a minimum of one week of night shifts in every four-week cycle.

Salary: £13.45 to £15.83 per hour (depending on experience) + call out + overtime

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

Whatwill you be responsible for?

As a Highways Maintenance Operative, you'll be working within the Kier Highways team, supporting them in delivering essential maintenance and improvement works across the local road network.

Your day to day will include:

• Operating light plant machinery such as compressors, rollers, and disc cutters, including daily maintenance checks
• Assisting skilled operatives with kerbing, drainage, paving, surfacing, and repair works
• Excavating soil, rock, asphalt, and concrete using hand and powered tools
• Performing general site duties including sweeping, cleaning, litter picking, and handling materials
• Carrying out duties such as grass cutting, gully emptying, strimming and traffic management

What are we looking for?

This role of Highways Maintenance Operative is great for you if:

• Experience in highway maintenance or similar field
• You have a can-do attitude and are willing to work outdoors in all weather conditions
• Manual driving licence -this is essential so you can drive our vehicles to site with the necessary tools and equipment
• You enjoyworking collaboratively with others to build effective relationships
• You'recommitted to promoting health and safety in the workplace at all times

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

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