Highways Maintenance Operative - HGV

Kier Group; Brighton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading transportation firm is seeking a Highways Maintenance Operative based in Fareham. The role focuses on ensuring the efficient running of a high-speed road network. Responsibilities include carrying out maintenance duties, responding to incidents, and ensuring vehicle safety. Candidates must have a valid UK driving licence and experience with health and safety operations. This full-time position offers a competitive hourly wage and various benefits, supporting personal and professional growth.

Benefits

Competitive hourly rate

Annual holiday entitlement

24/7 virtual GP service

Deals and discounts at brands

Qualifications

• Ability to work using your own initiative and as part of a team.
• Valid UK Driving Licence required.
• Experience and knowledge of strict H&S operations and its practical implications.

Responsibilities

• Carry out highways maintenance duties as instructed.
• Respond promptly to incidents on the network.
• Contribute to customer care by working closely with team members.
• Carry out daily defect reports on vehicles.
• Notify Regional Network Hub of winter maintenance and occupation of Roadspace.

Skills

Ability to work using your own initiative

Valid UK Driving Licence

Experience with H&S operations

Ability to work night shifts

Job description

We’re looking for a Highways Maintenance Operative to join our Transportation team based in Fareham, Hampshire. Within this role, you can enjoy a competitive hourly rate and annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave, a huge range of deals and discounts at many of your favourite brands. We also offer 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family and more.

Can you imagine a world without roads or bridges? Neither can we! Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Transportation and make a difference to the high-speed road network by connecting people.

Location: Fareham, Hampshire, PO15 6SA

Business Area: Transportation

Contract: Permanent, Full Time 39 hours per week

Salary: £13.45 - £15.34 per hour + overtime + standby + call out + uplift

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

What will you be responsible for?

As a Highways Maintenance Operative, you’ll be working within the Transportation Team, supporting them in ensuring the efficient running of the Area 3 network.

Your day to day will include:

• Carry out highways maintenance duties as instructed – including winter maintenance when appropriate
• Respond promptly to incidents on the network as instructed
• Contribute to the promotion of customer care by working closely with team members to ensure client and network users are dealt with in a polite and courteous manner
• Carry out daily defect reports on vehicles and ensure vehicles are maintained in good order
• Responsible for notification to Regional Network Hub Control Centre on commencement and end of winter maintenance and occupation of Roadspace for Traffic Management

What are we looking for?

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

• Ability to work using your own initiative and as part of a team
• Valid UK Driving Licence
• Experience and knowledge of strict H&S operations and its practical implications
• Ability to work night shifts (payment uplift in place)

We’re all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don’t tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

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.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier