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Argyll and Bute Council is seeking a Roadworker 2 to maintain roads on the Isle of Islay. The post is permanent, 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with potential out-of-hours standby during summer and winter to keep roads safe.
Experience in roads maintenance is essential and teamwork is important. The council highlights a competitive salary, pension, generous leave, cycle-to-work, discounts on gym memberships, wellbeing initiatives, and opportunities for career growth as part of its benefits
Service: Roads and Infrastructure
Closing Date: Friday 16th October 2026
A vacancy has arisen for a Roadworker 2 required to work on the Isle of Islay, working for Argyll and Bute, one of Scotland's most stunning areas.
Argyll and Bute is one of Scotland's most stunning areas. As its award-winning council, we play a vital part in the day-to-day life and long-term future of our beautiful and diverse communities. Our unwavering purpose is to make Argyll and Bute the place to be, the place where people want to live, to work and do business. And we are committed to making the council the place to have a great career, by providing excellent benefits and a friendly, dynamic working culture so that each of our 5000 colleagues can deliver services that help our corner of Scotland thrive. Join us to make a difference.
The successful candidate will undertake structural and road maintenance works, including taking part in out of hours standby during summer/winter months to ensure roads are maintained in a safe condition. This is a permanent post, worked 37 hours Monday to Friday.
Previous experience in a roads maintenance environment is essential as is previous experience in road surfacing operations. The successful candidate will also work well as part of a team.
We offer various benefits to support you, such as a competitive salary, pension scheme, generous leave entitlement, cycle to work scheme, discounts on gym memberships and leisure centres, wellbeing initiatives, and opportunities for learning and career growth.
We care about our people and the world around us and always aim to do the right thing. From employee recognition schemes to environmental policies we have many initiatives in place to help us look after the things we all care about.
Learn more here Argyll and Bute Employee Recognition Programme , Disability Confident , Armed Forces , Fair Work First Statement , Equality and Fairness , Climate Change , Hybrid and Flexible Working Policy
Argyll and Bute Council recognises the numerous benefits of a positive work-life balance to the wellbeing and productivity of our employees. We will take a flexible first approach to requests from our employees to change the way that they work. While we must balance such requests with the need to ensure the quality of the important services we deliver is not compromised, we will ensure that each request is given careful consideration with a view to achieving a positive outcome wherever possible.
We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve.
We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice.
We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging.
To find out more about our commitment to this please visit Equality & Diversity Policy .