Highways Maintenance Operative

Amey; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personal development

Pension scheme

Annual leave 24 days

Flexible benefits

Discounts via Amey

Family friendly policies

Affinity Networks

Social Impact Days

Job summary

Amey is offering a permanent role in Manchester for a Highways Maintenance Operative. The position is on-site at Tatton House with a 40-hour week, Monday to Friday, and flexible working options including hybrid arrangements.

Responsibilities include patching, kerbing, drainage maintenance, and standby rotations for winter and incident response. Applicants should have roads experience and a UK driving licence; Class 2 HGV is desirable.

Qualifications

• Experience in roads and/or street works.
• Hold a full UK driving licence.
• HGV (Class 2) is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Perform highway maintenance tasks including carriageway/footway patching, kerbing, ironwork replacement, and drainage maintenance.
• Attend briefings to receive instructions on driving/operating vehicles and plant equipment with general and specialised skills.
• Participate in 24hr standby rotations for incident response, winter maintenance, gritting, and snow clearance.
• Allocate and track time and resource usage according to the allocation system.
• Keep accurate records and complete paperwork, liaising with Amey staff, sub-contractors, emergency services, police, clients and customers.

Skills

Driving licence

Roads maintenance

HGV Class 2

Job description

Highways Maintenance Operative

Title: Highways Maintenance Operative

Requisition ID: 11470

We have a fantastic opportunity for a permanent Highways Maintenance Operative to join our vibrant, inclusive community that celebrates our differences and makes a real impact across the UK. This role will be carried out on site at Tatton House (M23 9LF) in Manchester.

What will the role offer?

Working at Amey puts you at the centre of an inspiring expert team. A Highways Maintenance Operative plays an important part in all aspects of highway maintenance works including routine and cyclic maintenance activities, minor civils work, litter picking etc as well as undertaking winter emergency call out and standby.

The standard hours of work are 40 hours per week, Monday – Friday.

We offer a range of flexible working practices, including hybrid, part-time and flexible working patterns. With our network of offices across the UK, we are open to discussing working options that match your needs, with the flexibility to change how you work as your life evolves.

What You Will Be Doing

• Perform various highway maintenance tasks, including carriageway and footway patching, kerbing, ironwork replacement, and drainage maintenance.
• Attend work briefings to receive instructions and guidance on driving/operating vehicles and plant equipment with both general and specialized skills.
• Participate in 24hr standby rotations during summer and winter for incident response, winter maintenance services, precautionary gritting, and snow clearance.
• Allocate and track time and resource utilization in accordance with the operated allocation system.
• Keep accurate records and complete all necessary paperwork, maintaining communication and liaising with Amey employees, sub-contractors, emergency services, police, clients, and customers.

We Want To Hear From You If You Have

• Experience in roads and/or street works
• Hold a full UK driving licence.
• Class 2 HGV (desirable)

We welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates. If you have most but not all these skills and experiences, we encourage you to apply, and we will provide you with development or training to support you.

What We Can Offer You

• Exceptional personal development, training and progression plans, designed to allow you to shine in your career, all in line with your personal ambition
• Competitive salary and compensation
• Generous pension scheme, with extra contributions from Amey
• 24 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Flexible benefits scheme, including the option to buy additional annual leave and insurance benefits, Cycle2Work scheme and access to discounted gym membership
• Our Save with Amey programme gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in
• Family friendly policies for new parents or if you provide care for a dependant
• Membership of our Affinity Networks who connect, support and inspire diverse communities within Amey
• Two Social Impact Days each year, for volunteering and fundraising opportunities

About Amey

Amey is a global, integrated infrastructure consultancy and operations partner. We design, deliver, protect, and maintain critical assets and systems.

What We Do

We advise, design, finance, deliver, and enhance civic, transport, and defence systems. By combining strategic intelligence, engineering, infrastructure finance, and operational expertise, we create secure, resilient, compliant, and high-value outcomes across the lifecycles of new and legacy assets.

To find out more visit our website amey.co.uk/careers

Diversity and Inclusion

We constantly evolve how we work to reflect the different needs and backgrounds of our employees. We seek out the skills, joy and energy that often-marginalised groups can bring to our teams and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.

We are committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Please contact our recruiter for this role, at [e-mail] to discuss any access needs, reasonable adjustments or additional support that you may require at any point during the recruitment process.