Site Technician - Roads & Highways

Aecom; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

Travel allowances

Job summary

AECOM Nottingham, United Kingdom is seeking a Site Technician to join our roads and highways survey team. You will conduct visual condition surveys, operate survey equipment, and support delivery of high-quality infrastructure projects on site.

This role is site-based, outdoors in varying weather. A full UK driving licence is required, with occasional travel and night-shift work eligible for enhanced rates.

Qualifications

• GCSEs including Maths and English at grade C or above.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Detail-driven approach with focus on safety.

Responsibilities

• Conduct accurate condition surveys on roads and other infrastructure.
• Ensure survey data is collected and recorded in compliance with project requirements and industry standards.
• Operate and maintain survey equipment to ensure optimal performance.
• Drive to and from survey locations, with occasional night shifts at 1.5x rate.
• Adhere to health and safety protocols, including PPE usage.
• Collaborate with project teams to meet project objectives.
• Support engineering staff with various tasks and maintain project documentation.

Skills

Detail-driven

Safety-conscious

Education

GCSEs including Maths and English grade C or above

Full UK Driving licence

Tools

CSCS Card

Safety Critical Medical

Trailer Towing Competency

Job description

Site Technician - Roads & Highways AECOM Nottingham, United Kingdom

Job Description

Start here. Grow here.

We are seeking a Site Technician to join our team and contribute to the delivery of high-quality survey services. The role involves conducting visual conditionsurveys and inspections, primarily on roads, to support infrastructure projects. This position is ideal for a detail-oriented professional with a strong commitment to safety and accuracy.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct accurate and detailed condition surveys on roads and other infrastructure.
• Ensure all survey data is collected and recorded in compliance with project requirements and industry standards.
• Operate and maintain survey equipment to ensure optimal performance.
• Drive to and from survey locations, ensuring timely and efficient travel.
• Tow trailers and transport equipment safely and in accordance with legal requirements.
• Adhere to health and safety protocols, including the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Collecting survey data on handheld devices.
• Undertake asset data collection surveys employing GPS enabled handheld devices.
• Collaborate with project teams to ensure survey results meet project objectives.
• Performs a variety of tasks in support of the engineering staff.
• Monitors and documents conformance with quality, performance, safety, and/or code requirements.
• Activities may include assisting with engineering calculations, setting up and operating equipment, inspecting equipment and engineering installations for compliance with specifications and maintaining project documentation.
• General understanding of procedures, company policies to achieve set results and deadlines.
• This role is primarily site-based, involving outdoor work in varying weather conditions.
• Working away from home Monday-Friday will be required for some projects.
• Working occasional night shifts, paid at 1.5x your standard hourly rate.

Why Join AECOM?

• Opportunity to work on nationally significant infrastructure projects.
• Supportive and safety-focused team culture.
• Continuous professional development and training opportunities.
• Competitive compensation and travel allowances.

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• 5 GCSEs (Including Maths and English grade C and above)
• Full UK Driving licence
• A detail-driven approach with a strong focus on accuracy and safety

Previous experience in surveying, civil engineering, or highways projects is advantageous, as well as relevant competencies such as:

• CSCS Card – proof of site safety awareness.
• Safety Critical Medical – fit for safety-critical work.
• Trailer Towing Competency – ability to transport equipment safely.

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at [e-mail]

At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives. If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!

Additional Information

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About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public‑and private‑sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well‑being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry‑leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long‑term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address [e-mail] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Full-time