Operations & 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

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

We are currently recruiting for an Operations & Maintenance Engineer to work on Highways England Contracts carrying out maintenance and commissioning activities within the Midlands region which will cover from Keele to Strensham, M6, M5 and from Aston to Watford Gap M6 M1 in your designated area. The role requires the successful person to participate in a 1-in-3 on-call rota and flexibility is required to work nights supporting the delivery of a high-quality service in line with contract requirements.

What you’ll do

• Attending cable breaks and repair breaks on copper and fibre cables to keep the network working.
• Help ensure the communications services that enable critical roadside and motorway technologies remain operational, secure and available
• Ensure all Commissioning of equipment is completed to the correct standard then delivered on time and to budget
• Attending any equipment issue within Transmission Buildings and Roadside Cabinets within your area day or night
• Support the service for critical National Highways assets NRTs, including CCTV, traffic signs, weather stations, switches and firewall equipment
• Undertaking general Maintenance and Commissioning of equipment and testing on all fibre and copper
• Completion of all the associated documentation required as part of the task, on time

Who you are

You will have previous experience within a similar role fault finding and testing this could be on motorway technology; CCTV, messaging signs, dealing with copper & fibre cable breaks, switches and IP networking equipment. This is an opportunity to keep the

Key Requirements

• Experience working on National Highways motorway communications services or closely related equipment/systems
• Fault finding and testing on National Highways equipment.
• Strong health and safety awareness
• Repairing of Fibre or Copper Cable breaks
• Participation in a 1-in-3 on-call rota and flexibility to work night shifts as required.
• Full UK Driving Licence

What we offer

At Telent, we’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels valued, supported, and able to thrive. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and encourage diverse perspectives across our teams.

The additional benefits with this role

• 34 days holiday, including public holidays, plus the option to buy or sell days annually
• Commercial Vehicle
• Uncapped Overtime
• Company pension scheme
• A range of family friendly policies
• Occupational health support and wellbeing Portal
• Discounts on Cinema, Restaurants and Shopping with Telent Reward scheme.

We are guided by our values and behaviours:

• Be Inclusive
• Take Responsibility
• Collaborate
• Be Customer-focussed

Join us and help deliver critical infrastructure projects that make a real difference.

It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

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