Highways Maintenance Operative

Your New Role

We have fantastic opportunities for a permanent Highways Maintenance Operatives to join our Area 7 account in Kettering. This role is based on-site at Pytchley Depot, Kettering NN15 6XS.

Working with National Highways, Amey maintains over 700 kilometres of roads across the East Midlands, ensuring the 4.5 million citizens across the East Midlands experience better journeys every day.

We provide maintenance and response across a vast area of some of the UK's busiest motorways and strategic highways across the east midlands and north of England. As many as 180,000 vehicles a day use certain sections of this vital network.

The standard hours of work are 45 hours per week (Monday - Friday, rotating day and night shifts) 7am - 3pm, 7pm - 5am

You Will Be Responsible For

• Maintaining high standards of workmanship
• Attending project and safety briefings as required
• Driving/operating vehicles/plant requiring general and specialist skills including vehicle checks, routine maintenance (e.g. oil and water checks) and cleaning
• Taking responsibility for the safety of yourself and others within your team to ensure compliance with relevant health and safety legislation and safe operation to protect members of the public.
• Keeping records and completing all necessary paperwork.
• Assessment, deployment and removal of suitable pedestrian and traffic management
• Site management, sign cleaning, drainage works
• Litter picking and reactive works
• Safety fence repairs, patching, sign installs repairs, winter maintenance and incident response
  
  

We Want To Hear From You If You Have

• Full driving licence, Minimum of Class C HGV.
• Ideally CAT and Genny trained.
• Experienced working outdoors in challenging weather conditions
• Traffic Management experience desirable but not essential as training will be provided.
• CSCS card (desirable)
• Perform various highway maintenance tasks, including carriageway and footway patching, kerbing, ironwork replacement, and drainage maintenance.
  
  

What We Offer You

• Career Development - Exceptional development and progression plan
• Pension - Generous Pension scheme which we will contribute to
• Holidays - Minimum 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• Choices - Our flexible benefits scheme is tailored by you, including buying additional annual leave, cycle2work scheme, charity giving and gym membership.
• Save with Amey - Our online voucher portal gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in. It includes healthcare, free GP service, dental vouchers.
• Social Value - You'll get 2 Community Involvement Days each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice and further opportunities to support fundraising initiatives.
  
  

Application Guidance

Amey is committed to Inclusion and Diversity. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Please contact our recruitment team at [email protected] to discuss any access needs and reasonable adjustments that may be required at any point during the recruitment process.

Apply today – We are excited to hear from you!

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