Highways Maintenance Operative

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We have a fantastic opportunity for a Permanent Highways Maintenance Operative in Milnrow, Rochdale to join our vibrant, inclusive community that celebrates our differences and makes a real impact across the UK. What will the role offer? Working at Amey puts you at the centre of an inspiring expert team. You will have the opportunity to work with our Area 10 Strategic Highways account, helping to maintain the strategic road network safely and effectively. The standard hours of work are 42 hours per week on average, working 12-hour shifts across days and nights on a 4 on, 4 off rotation. As a Highways Maintenance Operative, you will play an important role in delivering highway maintenance activities and installing temporary traffic management. You will undertake routine and cyclic maintenance, minor civils works and litter picking, alongside supporting winter maintenance and emergency call-out operations. What you will be doing:

Maintaining high technical and safety standards across highways maintenance activities.
Attending project and work briefings as required.
Driving and operating vehicles and plant requiring general and specialist skills.
Carrying out vehicle and plant checks, routine maintenance and cleaning.
Delivering a range of highway maintenance activities, including routine and cyclic maintenance, minor civils works and litter picking.
Installing temporary traffic management as required.
Supporting winter maintenance operations.
Participating in emergency call-out and standby arrangements.
Taking responsibility for your own safety and the safety of others within the team, ensuring compliance with relevant health and safety requirements and protecting members of the public.
Completing vehicle checks before the start of each shift and accurately recording any defects.
Accurately recording drivers' hours.
Recording time and resource utilisation in line with the relevant operational allocation system.
Maintaining accurate records and completing all necessary paperwork.
Communicating and liaising effectively with Amey colleagues, subcontractors, emergency services, the police, clients, customers and members of the public.

We want to hear from you if you have:

LGV Class C licence
35 hours Driver CPC
Appropriate CSCS Card
Personal Highways Passport
Manual Handling training
Good problem-solving skills
A self-motivated and proactive approach
Excellent communication skills

What we can offer Our benefits are designed to help you thrive at work and in your home life. You will have the flexibility to choose benefits and development opportunities that are best for you. Some of our benefits include:

Exceptional personal development, training and progression plans
Competitive salary and compensation
Generous pension scheme, with extra contributions from Amey
24 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
Flexible benefits scheme
Save with Amey discounts
Family friendly policies
Membership of our Affinity Networks
Two Social Impact Days each year

About Amey Who we are: Amey is a global, integrated infrastructure consultancy and operations partner. We design, deliver, protect, and maintain critical assets and systems. What we do: We advise, design, finance, deliver, and enhance civic, transport, and defence systems. By combining strategic intelligence, engineering, infrastructure finance, and operational expertise, we create secure, resilient, compliant, and high-value outcomes across the lifecycles of new and legacy assets. To find out more visit our website amey.co.uk/careers Application Guidance Diversity and Inclusion We constantly evolve how we work to reflect the different needs and backgrounds of our employees. We seek out the skills, joy and energy that often-marginalised groups can bring to our teams and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age. We are committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. Please contact Chantal Hayes at chantal.hayes@amey.co.uk to discuss any access needs, reasonable adjustments or additional support that you may require at any point during the recruitment process. Apply today We may close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. Please apply as soon as possible. We look forward to hearing from you. Inspiring Impact Together #LI-CH01

How we rate this

Highways Maintenance Operative at Amey rates 36 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

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