Highways Maintenance Operative

Kier Group plc; Brighton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A transportation services provider is seeking a Highways Maintenance Operative to join their team in Brighton. The role involves operational support for highway maintenance, requiring experience in similar fields and a full UK driving licence. Successful candidates will work outdoors in all weather conditions and provide hands-on support for essential maintenance tasks while operating various light machinery. The position offers competitive hourly rates and various benefits.

Benefits

Pension scheme

Competitive annual holiday entitlement

Opportunities for overtime

Qualifications

• Experience in highway maintenance or similar field.
• Ability to work outdoors in various weather conditions.
• Full UK driving licence required.

Responsibilities

• Support the Kier Highways team to deliver maintenance works.
• Operate light plant machinery like compressors and rollers.
• Assist with kerbing, drainage, paving, and repair works.
• Excavate soil, rock, and concrete using tools.
• Perform general site duties like cleaning and litter picking.

Skills

Experience in highway maintenance or similar field

Can-do attitude

Willingness to work outdoors in all weather conditions

Full UK driving licence

Job description

Overview

We\'re looking for a Highways Maintenance Operative to join our Transportation Team in our depots across Area 4. Within this role, you can enjoy a fantastic, pension scheme, a competitive annual holiday entitlement, and even more.

Can you envision a world without transportation links by land, sea, or air? Neither can we! Your journey is our journey. Join us at Kier Transportation, where we are working brilliantly together to make a difference, supporting the movement of people, goods, and equipment.

Location: Based at one of the following depots. Weatherhill Depot (RH6 9JE), Ford Depot (BN18 0DF), Marley Lane Depot (TN33 0RE)

Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday - Days

Salary: £13.45 to £15.83 per hour (depending on experience) + call out + overtime

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Highways Maintenance Operative, you\'ll be working within the Kier Highways team, supporting them in delivering essential maintenance and improvement works across the local road network.

Your day to day will include:

• Operating light plant machinery such as compressors, rollers, and disc cutters, including daily maintenance checks
• Assisting skilled operatives with kerbing, drainage, paving, surfacing, and repair works
• Excavating soil, rock, asphalt, and concrete using hand and powered tools
• Performing general site duties including sweeping, cleaning, litter picking, and handling materials
• Carrying out duties such as grass cutting, gully emptying, strimming and traffic management

What are we looking for?

This role of Highways Maintenance Operative is great for you if:

• Experience in highway maintenance or similar field
• You have a can-do attitude and are willing to work outdoors in all weather conditions
• Full UK driving licence

Rewards and benefits

We\'re proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We\'re proud of the steps we\'ve taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier\'s diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant\'s conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.