Road Worker; Road Marker

Do you like working outdoors? Would you like to make a real difference in the city for residents and visitors? If you have experience of working in a civil engineering environment and Highway Maintenance, then this could be just the opportunity for you. We want you to help us make Newcastle a great place to work, visit and live in.

You will play an integral role in delivering positive outcomes for the City by providing expert advice and guidance on highway road markings. You will possess a thorough understanding of road marking design principles and be able to accurately interpret design specifications, technical information, and detailed engineering drawings relating to highway road markings. Your knowledge and expertise will support the effective planning, implementation, and maintenance of road marking schemes, ensuring compliance with relevant standards and contributing to the safe and efficient operation of the highway network.

You will be supporting and advising colleagues and apprentices whilst complying to Newcastle City Councils policies and procedures.

We are looking for a real team player and someone who can read detailed plans to carry out work to specification. Also, someone who has a real passion to ensure the safety of residents and visitors to the City.

You should have experience and knowledge of all aspects of civil engineering construction works, with knowledge of construction related health and safety issues, to support the delivery of environmental improvement schemes on the highway network across the city.

If a competitive salary and pension with the option to opt in to an AVC scheme wasn’t enough you will also have:

• A generous annual leave allowance.
• The option to buy additional annual leave.
• Access to family friendly policies including maternity and adoption leave, maternity support leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, special leave, leave when caring for a terminally ill dependent, leave for armed forces reservists, disability related special leave, career breaks and paid leave to support the electoral process.
• An enhanced work life balance including agile working, part-year working, compressed hours and flexi time where appropriate.
• Access to numerous salary sacrifice schemes including home electronics, car lease and gym membership.
• Access to physiotherapy, counselling services and eye tests for VDE users through our Occupational Health Service.
• Access to an extensive wellbeing programme including access to a 24 hour employee assistance programme for you and your immediate family.
• Access to Mental Health First Aiders.
• Ability to join staff network groups to meet and share information and raise awareness and include, Black and Minority Ethnic network, Disabled Employee network and LGBT+ network
• Ability to join a trade union.
• Access to a staff travel scheme.
• Access to learning and development opportunities including a comprehensive corporate induction programme, access to e-learning, an annual performance appraisal, upskilling apprenticeships, access to Learning Resource Centres
• A rewarding and most importantly access to a challenging career.

Additionally, we also offer you retail discounts on hundreds of the UK’s highstreet and online retailers including travel, dining out, mobile and broadband from the point of receiving your offer of employment.

Newcastle is an ambitious City, it always has been. Its’ an iconic City with a rich heritage but one that also shapes the future of the region.

Here at Newcastle City Council we have a real passion to improve the lives of residents and visitors in the City through the wide variety of essential public services we deliver and the relationships we…