Highways Maintenance Operatives

Amey Ltd; Scotland; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Highway Maintenance Operative to join their team in Peterhead. This role is vital for maintaining the trunk road network, ensuring safe and reliable journeys for all road users. You'll engage in various highway maintenance tasks, from routine checks to emergency winter services. The company fosters a collaborative environment, offering career development opportunities and a range of flexible benefits tailored to your needs. If you have a passion for road safety and maintenance, this could be the perfect opportunity for you to thrive in your career.

Benefits

Career Development

Generous Pension scheme

Minimum 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays

Flexible benefits scheme

Online voucher portal for discounts

Community Involvement Days

Qualifications

• Experience in civils, trade, or street works is preferred but not essential.
• A full driving licence is essential; HGV licence is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Conduct all aspects of highway maintenance, including routine and cyclic activities.
• Drive and operate vehicles, ensuring maintenance and safety checks.

Skills

Civils experience

Trade experience

Street works experience

Driving skills

Education

Full driving licence

HGV licence

Tools

Vehicles/plant

Job description

Your New Role

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Permanent Highway Maintenance Operative to join our NMC North East Account in Peterhead.

Our NMC NE Account, awarded to us in 2022, supports Transport Scotland. This account will deliver improved levels of service to the trunk road network, aiming to ensure consistent, predictable, and reliable journeys for road users. Works will cover maintenance, road safety, bridges and structures, and discrete improvement schemes while considering the Scottish Government's climate change and sustainability targets. We'll also implement an enhanced winter and incident response service, improved communications, and new technologies for better management of trunk network assets and maintenance activities.

Highway Maintenance Operatives play an important part in the installation of temporary traffic management and all aspects of highway maintenance works.

The standard hours of work are 39 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

You will be responsible for:

1. Undertaking all aspects of highway maintenance works, including routine and cyclic maintenance activities, minor civils' works, and litter picking.
2. Driving/operating vehicles/plant, ensuring vehicle checks, routing maintenance, and cleaning are carried out.
3. Winter Maintenance - including emergency call out and standby.
4. Ensuring the safety of yourself and the team is paramount.
5. Keeping records, including drivers' hours and necessary paperwork.

We want to hear from you if you have Civils, Trade, or Street works experience to help you hit the ground running, although this is not essential as we will provide you with the required development to bring you up to speed.

In addition to this, it is essential you hold a full driving licence, and it would be desirable if you have an HGV licence.

What makes this role unique is that if you join our team, you'll have the chance to focus on the parts of your role you enjoy the most. Whether it's further training to broaden your skills, working closely with clients to build relationships, or having the opportunity to develop leadership capabilities, our environment is one of collaboration and support where the direction of your career is led by you.

What we offer you

When you join us, we can offer flexibility, career development, a choice of benefits, and support that help you through all life's ups and downs. It's the reason why Investors in People put us among the top 1% of employers, and we have a competitive reward and benefits program:

1. Career Development - Exceptional development and progression plan.
2. Pension - Generous Pension scheme which we will contribute to.
3. Holidays - Minimum 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays.
4. Choices - Our flexible benefits scheme is tailored by you, including buying additional annual leave, cycle2work scheme, charity giving, and gym membership.
5. 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, and dental vouchers.
6. 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 (url removed) 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!