Highways Maintenance Operative

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

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Permanent Highway Maintenance Operative, where you'll contribute to vital maintenance works and improve road safety. This role offers a unique opportunity to focus on the aspects you enjoy most, whether it's developing your skills, building client relationships, or advancing into leadership. With a supportive environment and a commitment to your career development, you'll play a key role in ensuring reliable journeys for road users. Enjoy a competitive benefits package, including generous holidays and a flexible benefits scheme tailored to your needs.

Benefits

Career Development

Generous pension scheme

Minimum 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays

Flexible benefits scheme

Access to discounts from retailers

Community Involvement Days

Qualifications

• Experience in civils, trade, or street works is preferred but not essential.
• HGV licence is desirable for this role.

Responsibilities

• Conduct routine and cyclic highway maintenance activities.
• Drive and operate vehicles while ensuring safety and maintenance.
• Maintain accurate records of work and drivers' hours.

Skills

Civils experience

Trade experience

Street works experience

Driving/operating vehicles

Job description

Your New Role

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

Our NMC NE Account, awarded to us in 2022, supports Transport Scotland to deliver improved levels of service to the trunk road network, ensuring 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 role 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, routine 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 any necessary paperwork.

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 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.

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. Additionally, it would be desirable to have an HGV licence.

What we offer you

When you join us, we offer flexibility, career development, a choice of benefits, and support to 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 to which we will contribute.
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 during the recruitment process.

Apply today - We are excited to hear from you!