Highways Technician

We are seeking a highways maintenance / civil engineering technician who will be responsible for assisting with the delivery of our highways term service contract and ensuring our minor highway maintenance works are delivered professionally. The position will also assist with the ‘project management’ of work streams from customer liaison, minor scheme pricing and development to post completion.

This is a great role to start your career with career development focused organisation.

This role will work closely with and support operational managers to ensure the delivery of a range of work types across minor civil engineering, highways and environment including:

• Routine highway maintenance such as gully emptying
• Highway projects such as drainage, footway and minor civil engineering
• Road markings, road studs and high friction surfacing
• Highway improvement and safety schemes

To find out more about the role please take a look at the role profile.

We are looking for you to bring:

• You will ideally have some background and experience in highway maintenance, construction and / or environmental related functions. But don’t worry if you don’t, if you have the attitude we would still be interested in hearing from you.
• You will have a track record of working as part of a varied team, providing a solution-based approach to tasks and problems.
• You will be able to work in a face paced environment and able to prioritise the demands of such a working environment
• With have a positive ‘can do’ attitude and willing to learn

Salary: £24,308 - £36,746 (Career graded role)

Working Hours: 37

Contract Type:
Permanent

Base:
This role is office-based mixed with site visits

Close Date:
Midnight Monday 23rd February (applications will be reviewed on a weekly basis)

Working with us you will have an employee benefits package that includes:

• Generous pension scheme with employer contribution
• Employee discount scheme and wellbeing events
• Holiday starting at 23 days and increasing to 28 with service (pro-rata if part-time) with option to purchase additional , plus bank holidays
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Flexible working hours & home working options
• Investment and support in your continuous training and development
• Opportunity to become a Safeguarding Advocate, Health & Wellbeing Champion and Mental Health First Aider

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of all our service users, clients and customers. If the role is working with vulnerable individuals and/or children and young people, you will be asked to complete a relevant DBS check to be successfully appointed to the role.

It’s really easy to apply for our roles – simply follow the link to create a candidate profile, answer the screening questions and upload a CV.

If you’d like to have a discussion about the role, please feel free to contact our in-house resourcing team for an informal chat about the role.