Roads Technician

National Highways; Leeds; On-site; GBP 22,500 - 27,500; Full time

Job summary

A public infrastructure organization in England is seeking a Technician to assist with asset management. This role involves supporting the identification and management of renewal schemes while capturing data and ensuring health and safety standards. The ideal candidate should have an HND or relevant qualification and experience with data management tools like ArcGIS. The position requires a strong teamwork ethic and offers an entry-level full-time opportunity within a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in highway construction and delivery methods.
• Ability to learn quickly with a strong team‑work ethic.

Responsibilities

• Provide support in the identification and management of asset renewal schemes.
• Support the development of technical briefs for improvement and renewals.
• Capture and maintain roads asset data and condition information.

Skills

Teamwork

Data management

Education

Higher National Diploma/Certificate

Tools

ArcGIS

Job description

Talent Acquisition Partner at National Highways

National Highways have an excellent opportunity for a technician to join our team in the Yorkshire, North East region. As a technician within Operations, you will be supporting the identification and early development of renewal schemes, ahead of them entering into the forward programme of works. Our technicians work as part of a small team supporting Engineers and Principal Engineers in the day‑to‑day asset management covering pavements, safety barriers, boundary fencing, traffic signs and road markings.

This role can be based from our Yorkshire North East Offices in Wakefield, Darlington or Leeds.

Please note that you will be required to drive as part of your role, and you will need to have no more than 3 points to be considered for this position and during employment.

Base pay range

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Responsibilities

• Provide support in the identification and management of asset renewal schemes and small‑scale works.
• Support the development of technical briefs provided to the design and construction contractor for improvement and renewals work.
• Support the capture and maintenance of roads asset data and condition information in the relevant database and ArcGIS Mapping systems, in line with agreed standards and timescales.
• Ensure the health and safety needs and wellbeing of customers and employees are fully considered and accounted for throughout the planning and delivery of each service activity.

Qualifications

• Higher National Diploma/Certificate or other relevant qualification (desirable but not essential).
• Experience in working with ArcGIS or similar to manage/capture data (desirable but not essential).
• Knowledge of Design Manual for Road & Bridges (DMRB) standards and their application on the highways network (desirable but not essential).
• Experience in highway construction and delivery methods.
• Ability to learn quickly with a strong team‑work ethic.

About us

Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England's motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership.

Operations is at the heart of keeping the strategic road network moving and ensuring our customers get the best possible experience when using our roads.

We address over 39,000 customer enquiries every month, plan and deliver all maintenance activities on the network, drive efficiencies and improvements across our systems and roads, and respond to incidents across 4,500 miles of motorways and major A‑roads that we manage. All to make sure National Highways customers have safer, smoother, and more reliable journeys.

External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Other

Industries

Government Administration