Highways Operative

Contract: Cheshire East Highways

Location: Nantwich

Contract Type: Permanent

The main purpose of the role is to assist, generally as part of a team, in delivering highway maintenance and construction works.

The Role

• Work as part of the highway maintenance operational team. :

• Carry out a variety of skilled tasks including carriageway, footway, drainage maintenance, soft estate maintenance works (e.g. grass cutting, strimming etc) and minor civils works. :

• Ensure that all works are completed safely. :

• Receive daily briefings and understand risks and control measures required for the task. :

• Complete daily record sheets and associated documents :

• Ensure that works are completed to the required standard and within required timescales :

• Report safety concerns :

• Ensure waste is dealt with in the appropriate manner :

• Participate in out-of-hours winter maintenance and emergency response activities on a rota basis. :

• Other Ad Hoc duties to fulfil the requirement of the role

About You

• Highway’s maintenance experience. :

• A current, valid driving licence is essential :

• Able to carry out basic safety, quality and environmental audits and risk assessments :

• Able to take responsibility for traffic management, 12 A/B Traffic Management :

• A good understanding of health and safety and its impact on the workplace. :

• Demonstrable awareness of environmental aspects and impacts and waste management. :

• Relevant New Roads and Streetworks or NHSS 12 training and qualifications would be desirable. :

• Experience in the use of handheld technology (Tablets, PDAs, Smartphones, etc) would be advantageous but not essential

Benefits

At Ringway Jacobs we recognise that our people make the difference, and in order to do what we do well, particular care is taken in nurturing and investing in our people. That’s why you will always be given the opportunity to utilise your expertise and develop your career.

We also recognise the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements across many of our roles. Please call our recruitment team to discuss what this may look like for you.

In return for your hard work you will receive :

• Sick Pay :

• Competitive salary :

• Opportunity to purchase up to 10 days extra leave :

• A variety of discounts through our “RJ Rewards” app, including restaurants, holidays, days out etc :

• Life Assurance :

• Employee Assistance Programme :

• Pension scheme The Company**

We are Ringway Jacobs, a leading highways service provider working with local authorities across the UK. Formed in 2005, specifically to provide road network management solutions to local government, our unique blend of engineering capability, innovation and customer care make us the best in class. We support over 10,000 miles of highways, 10,000 miles of footway, almost 7,800 miles of public rights of way and 242,000 street lights. We excel in delivering safe, sustainable service excellence, through our passion, integrity and collaborative culture.

Ringway Jacobs is an equal opportunities employer. We wish to ensure equality of opportunity in employment and the fair treatment of all our employees.

We have a dedicated recruitment team and politely request that agencies refrain from contacting anyone across our businesses with regards to speculative CV’s or offering to assist with our vacancies, thank you. Please click on the following link for more information on this role : Job Description***

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