Street Lighting Highways Operative

Highways Services are looking for a Highways Operative (Street Lighting). To ensure the efficient and effective undertaking of civil engineering activity including highways, bridges, street lighting and countryside works as assigned

To undertake the duties of a Highways Operative having the necessary skills to undertake, the maintenance and construction of roads, bridges, drainage, highways electrical and associated works and to ensure a personal high quality of workmanship at all times.

We encourage you to contact Andrew King via email at  to arrange an informal discussion about the role.

• Good basic education
• Cat CE Full UK Driving licence (minimum C1 full UK driving) licence
• Experience of manual activities in a highway or building environment.
  
  Please refer to the attached person specification for the full criteria.

If successful, you will be required to undertake and pass an in-house driving assessment as part of our pre-employment checks before any offer of appointment can be confirmed.

Interviews will be held on (to be confirmed)

We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that can show they meet all the essential criteria and have indicated they have a disability, are a looked after young person, care leaver or a veteran.

We offer a competitive rewards package that includes attractive salaries, a generous annual leave entitlement of 27 days (rising to 32 after five years’ continuous local government service), membership of the excellent contributory career average Local Government Pension Scheme, and a range of flexible working arrangements including hybrid working (home and office) where applicable.

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Rewards and benefits are subject to individual terms and conditions.

We are a proud equal opportunities employer and believe a diverse workforce brings fresh ideas and drives service improvement. We welcome applications from everyone and make employment decisions based on skills and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we actively encourage applications from disabled and neurodivergent people and offer support throughout the recruitment process.

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