Road & Street Works Operative

St Helens Borough Council; St Helens; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

St Helens Borough Council invites applications for a Road & Street Works Inspector to join the Highways Maintenance team. You will help manage, improve, and maintain the highway network to support growth and deliver major transport schemes.

The role requires highways maintenance experience, knowledge of Chapter 8 signing, lighting and guarding regulations, and a current driving licence. An NRSWA qualification is desirable; LGV would be advantageous.

Qualifications

• Experience in highways maintenance and ability to undertake a wide range of reactive maintenance tasks.
• Knowledge of Chapter 8 signing, lighting and guarding regulations.
• Current driving licence is essential; LGV (Category C) licence would be desirable.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Highways Maintenance Team with the management, improvement and maintenance of the Highway network.
• Undertake reactive maintenance activities such as tarmac, flagging, kerbing and drainage repairs, and installation of street furniture and ancillary items.
• Adhere to required regulations and standards for signing, lighting and guarding.

Skills

Highways maintenance

Chapter 8 knowledge

Driving licence

Tools

NRSWA qualification

Job description

We are St Helens Borough Council

Located in the heart of the Northwest close to Liverpool, Manchester and Lancashire, St Helens is a transformational Council which is passionate and ambitious for the communities we support. We provide a wide range of local authority services to the residents, businesses, schools, and visitors to the borough. We can only do this because of our highly valued, highly skilled workforce.

Working together, our workplace vision and values guide our organisation, and the contribution of our workforce is key to our culture journey. Employees with us receive a wide range of benefits including well-being in work, financial benefits, ways of working and learning and development support.

Making A Difference as A Highways & Street Works Inspector in Highways & Infrastructure

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join as a Road & Street Works Operative within Highways Maintenance at St Helens, to help us drive forward and support the delivery of the Council's ambitious strategy. We want you to be part of our new team that is tasked with making us a leading highway authority, efficiently managing, maintaining, and improving our network and supporting economic growth.

With a Capital programme exceeding £30m and some of the region's biggest transport schemes underway, including the regeneration of the Town Centre and Earlestown, the highways service has never had a more integral role to play. To ensure these programmes of work are successfully delivered we are looking to bolster our Highway maintenance Team.

We are looking to recruit a Road & Street Works Operative who will be required to assist the Highways Maintenance Team with all aspects relating to the management, improvement, and maintenance of the Highway.

They should be experienced in highways maintenance and possess the relevant skills to undertake a wide range of reactive maintenance activities such as tarmac, flagging, kerbing, and drainage repairs as well as other associated highway works i.e., installation of street furniture, ironwork, ancillary item.

Candidates must have a knowledge of Chapter 8 signing, lighting, and guarding regulations. NRSWA qualification would be desirable.

A current driving licence is essential. LGV (Category C) licence would be desirable.

Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early should we receive a sufficient number of applications and encourage you to apply early, to avoid disappointment.

Equality & Diversity

St Helens Council respects and values the individuality that every employee brings. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation. Further information about Equality & Diversity at St Helens Council can be found here https://www.sthelens.gov.uk/equality

St Helens Council is a Disability Confident Leader. This means that the Council guarantees an interview to disabled applicants who demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria for the job, as detailed on the Person Specification, and will, for qualifying disabled candidates, make reasonable adjustments within the interview/selection process.

NOLAN Principles of Conduct in Public Life.

All Council employees are required to abide by the ethical standards embodied by the 7 Nolan Principles: Selflessness, Integrity, Objectivity, Accountability, Openness, Honesty, and Leadership.