Highways Maintenance Operative

Job DescriptionAs a highways maintenance operative your role will be to carry out all aspects of highway maintenance across the Area 14 Network under the National Highways Maintenance & Response Contract. This covers the area from A1(M)/ A168 junction near Ripon in the south, the Berwick upon Tweed in the north and to Barnard Castle on the A66 and Haltwhistle on the A69 in the west, extending to the coast in the east.You will be part of a team of 14 operatives and wider team of approx. 60 persons delivering these essential services to the road network across the North East.ResponsibilitiesYour main job role responsibilities will be to:To work safely, observing all protocols and requirements to assure your safety, that of your team and the road users at all times. Be flexible and versatile conducting or supporting the delivery of various maintenance works across the motorway and trunk roads of the north-east, such as but not limited to:Small drainage repairs, safety fence repairs, kerb and flag laying.Grass cutting, gully emptying and routine tidying of depots.Minor surfacing Post and sign replacements.Winter maintenance, as required during the Winter Maintenance period.Maintenance and Response Team duties as and when required.Small element of traffic management where competencies and training permit.To update and complete all works electronically as required and on specified systems of work.Drive a range of vehicles in support of the delivery of the scope of works, often for long distances or durations as required. Available to work on a shift or rota pattern as required that will include night time and weekend working to assure essential services are maintained. This includes an on-call requirement. A team player with good communication skills and a positive attitudeKnowledge, Skills, And ExperienceCompetencies/ attributesEssential: team player, good communication skills and confident speaking to the public and wider team, ability to work at nights, weekends and unsociable hours as required with an on call requirement. ExperienceWorking on a high speed road network is desirable, but not essential. Skills or experience of undertaking a range of minor works, landscaping works and maintenance activities desirable but not essential. Essential QUALIFICATIONS CSCS (Construction Skills Certification Scheme) card. DesirableClass 2 HGV License; first aid at work.About UsCostain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.Costain appreciate the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at application phase.We do share individual feedback following an interview .A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that disclose they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.For more details please go to the Disability Confident website:https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/disability-confident-campaign