Highways Skilled Operative with LGV

Northyorks; Skipton; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company vehicle during working day

Pension scheme

Health cash plan

Generous annual leave

Training and development

Job summary

NY Highways is offering a permanent role for a Highways Skilled Operative with LGV in Skipton, North Yorkshire. The position provides stability, development, and an opportunity to contribute to North Yorkshire’s local infrastructure.

You’ll work with an experienced team delivering essential highway improvements, including kerbing, drainage, traffic management, and emergency callouts. A permanent role with training and progression awaits.

Qualifications

• Experience in highways tasks or highways plant operation.
• HGV driving licence required.
• Abrasive wheels qualification.
• Traffic management TM1 and TM2.
• Level 2 highway maintenance qualification or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Carry out routine and seasonal highway maintenance works.
• Kerbing, drainage, patching and ironwork repairs.
• Traffic management and verge upkeep.
• Operate highways plant and equipment.
• Join out-of-hours rota for emergencies.

Skills

Highways tasks

Highways plant operation

HGV driving licence

Abrasive wheels

Traffic management

TM1 TM2

Education

Level 2 highway maintenance qualification

Job description

Salary: From £31,453 per year
Grade: 4
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 40 hours per week
Location: Skipton, North Yorkshire

Advance Your Career with NY Highways
We’re offering an exciting opportunity for a Highways Skilled Operative with LGV to join our team based in Skipton, North Yorkshire. If you're looking to take the next step in your highways career, this permanent role offers stability, development, and the chance to make a real impact to your local area.

As a Skilled Operative, you’ll work alongside experienced colleagues to deliver essential infrastructure improvements. From kerbing and drainage to traffic management and emergency callouts, your skills will help keep North Yorkshire moving.

What you’ll be doing

As part of a supportive, experienced team, you’ll help maintain and improve the local highway network, carrying out a wide range of routine and seasonal works, including:

• Kerbing, drainage, patching & ironwork repairs
• Traffic management and verge upkeep
• Operate highways plant & equipment
• Join the out‑of‑hours rota for emergencies

This is a hands‑on, outdoor role, working in all weathers. Full PPE and outdoor clothing is provided.

This is a great opportunity to secure a permanent role in a coastal area, offering strong benefits, training and long‑term career progression.

With NY Highways you’ll have:

• A secure, permanent role with a respected highways provider
• A salary from £31,453 per year plus additional hours, standby and winter maintenance payments. Typical earnings can be significantly higher depending on participation in call‑out and winter duties.
• Training and development from day one, including nationally recognised highways qualifications
• Clear pathways for career progression into supervisory roles
• Generous annual leave starting at 24 days, rising to 29 days with 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays
• Use of company vehicle during the working day
• Membership of the Royal London pension scheme with employer contributions up to 6%
• Health cash plan, Occupational Health and Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to benefits including Cycle to Work, Vivup discounts, Credit Union and Death in Service cover
• Job stability through our long‑term partnership with North Yorkshire Council

We’re looking for someone who has:

• Experience in highways tasks or highways plant operation
• Relevant Level 2 qualification in highway maintenance or equivalent experience
• HGV Driving Licence
• Abrasive Wheels
• Traffic Management TM1 and TM2

At NY Highways we’re committed to developing our people. Ifyou don’t fully meet the criteria for this post, but are interested in therole, we are also open to taking on a Skilled Operative, please read the advert here for more information.

NY Highways delivers highways services across North Yorkshire in partnership with North Yorkshire Council. While we work closely with the Council, we’re an independent organisation with a strong commercial focus and public service values.Since our launch, we’ve invested heavily in our people, training and equipment, creating a supportive working environment where you can build a long‑term career close to home.

Interviews are planned to be held on Monday 16 th November.

We reserve the right to remove this vacancy in the event of the position being filled before the proposed deadline.

NY Highways is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff. We welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, any disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, or belief.

We will not accept applications from agencies and can only consider applications from individuals with right to work within the UK.

At NY Highways, safety is a core principle. We are dedicated to the health and safety of our employees and the public. To maintain a safe work environment, we enforce a strict substance misuse policy. Employees must report to work fit for duty and free from drugs or alcohol. New employees will undergo mandatory drug and alcohol testing, with random tests conducted throughout employment. Adherence to this policy is essential for upholding our safety standards and ensuring the integrity of our operations.