Motorway Communications Ops & Maintenance Engineer

Telent Technology Services Ltd; Warwick; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

34 days holiday + buy/sell

Commercial Vehicle

Uncapped overtime

Company pension scheme

Wellbeing portal

Discounts via Telent Rewards

Job summary

Telent Technology Services Ltd is seeking an Operations & Maintenance Engineer to support Highways England contracts across the Midlands region. The role covers on-call nights 1-in-3, maintaining and commissioning critical motorway communications equipment from Keele to Strensham and along the M6/M5 corridors.

You will fault-find, test and repair copper and fibre systems, ensuring CCTV, signs and switches stay operational while delivering high-quality service within contract requirements.

Qualifications

• Experience on National Highways motorway communications services or closely related equipment/systems.
• Fault finding and testing on National Highways equipment.
• Strong health and safety awareness.
• Willingness to participate in a 1-in-3 on-call rota and to work night shifts.

Responsibilities

• Attend cable breaks and repair breaks on copper and fibre cables to keep the network operating.
• Ensure communications services enabling roadside and motorway technologies remain operational, secure and available.
• Complete commissioning of equipment to standard and delivered on time and within budget.
• Attend equipment issues within Transmission Buildings and Roadside Cabinets, day or night.
• Support service for National Highways assets (CCTV, traffic signs, weather stations, switches, firewall equipment).
• Undertake general maintenance and commissioning of fibre and copper equipment.
• Complete all documentation required for the task on time.

Skills

Fault finding

Testing

IP networking

CCTV experience

Layout and wiring

Tools

Fibre testing equipment

Copper testing equipment

Networking switches

Job description

Telent Technology Services Ltd is seeking an Operations & Maintenance Engineer to support Highways England contracts across the Midlands region. The role covers on-call nights 1-in-3, maintaining and commissioning critical motorway communications equipment from Keele to Strensham and along the M6/M5 corridors.

You will fault-find, test and repair copper and fibre systems, ensuring CCTV, signs and switches stay operational while delivering high-quality service within contract requirements.