Highways Maintenance Operative

ameygroupi; Leicester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Highways Maintenance Operative in Leicester, where you'll play a vital role in maintaining the region's extensive road network. This permanent position offers a chance to work outdoors, ensuring safety and quality while performing essential maintenance tasks. With a commitment to career development and a generous benefits package, this role is perfect for those passionate about making a difference in their community. Experience the satisfaction of contributing to safer journeys for millions of citizens across the East Midlands. Apply today to embark on a rewarding career path with ample growth opportunities.

Benefits

Career Development

Generous Pension Scheme

Flexible Benefits Scheme

Discounts from Retailers

Community Involvement Days

Qualifications

• Full driving licence required, ideally Class C HGV.
• Experience in outdoor work and maintenance tasks preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high standards of workmanship and safety compliance.
• Drive and operate vehicles for highway maintenance tasks.

Skills

Driving Licence (Class C HGV)

Outdoor Work Experience

Traffic Management

General Maintenance Skills

Tools

Vehicle Operation

Safety Equipment

Job description

We have fantastic opportunities for a permanent Highways Maintenance Operatives to join our Area 7 account in Leicester. This role is based on-site at Leicester Forest East Depot, Leicestershire LE3 3GB.

Working with National Highways, Amey maintains over 700 kilometres of roads across the East Midlands, ensuring the 4.5 million citizens across the East Midlands experience better journeys every day.

We provide maintenance and response across a vast area of some of the UK's busiest motorways and strategic highways across the East Midlands and north of England. As many as 180,000 vehicles a day use certain sections of this vital network.

The standard hours of work are 45 hours per week (Monday - Friday, rotating day and night shifts) 7am - 3pm, 7pm - 5am.

You will be responsible for:

• Maintaining high standards of workmanship.
• Attending project and safety briefings as required.
• Driving/operating vehicles/plant requiring general and specialist skills including vehicle checks, routine maintenance (e.g. oil and water checks) and cleaning.
• Taking responsibility for the safety of yourself and others within your team to ensure compliance with relevant health and safety legislation and safe operation to protect members of the public.
• Keeping records and completing all necessary paperwork.
• Assessment, deployment and removal of suitable pedestrian and traffic management.
• Litter picking and reactive works.
• Safety fence repairs, patching, sign installs repairs, winter maintenance and incident response.

We want to hear from you if you have:

• Full driving licence, Minimum of Class C HGV.
• Ideally CAT and Genny trained.
• Experienced working outdoors in challenging weather conditions.
• Traffic Management experience desirable but not essential as training will be provided.
• Perform various highway maintenance tasks, including carriageway and footway patching, kerbing, ironwork replacement, and drainage maintenance.

What we offer you:

• Career Development - Exceptional development and progression plan.
• Pension - Generous Pension scheme which we will contribute to.
• Choices - Our flexible benefits scheme is tailored by you, including buying additional annual leave, cycle2work scheme, charity giving and gym membership.
• Save with Amey - Our online voucher portal gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in. It includes healthcare, free GP service, dental vouchers.
• Social Value - You'll get 2 Community Involvement Days each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice and further opportunities to support fundraising initiatives.

Application Guidance:

Amey is committed to Inclusion and Diversity. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Please contact our recruitment team at [e-mail] to discuss any access needs and reasonable adjustments that may be required at any point during the recruitment process.

Apply today – We are excited to hear from you!