Highways Maintenance Operative
2 weeks ago
A great opportunity for a Highways Maintenance Operative to join our Transportation team based in Chieveley, Berkshire to carry out a variety of highway maintenance duties as instructed on a day-to-day basis to ensure the efficient running of the Area 3 network. Within this role, you can enjoy a competitive salary and annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave, a huge range of deals and discounts at many of your favourite brands. We also offer 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family and more.
Can you imagine a world without transportation links via land, sea or air? Nor can we Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Transportation and make a difference. Supporting the movement of people, goods and equipment.
**Location**: Chieveley - Site based
**Contract**: Permanent Fulltime - working hours 19:00 - 05:30
**Salary**: £competitive + benefits
**Responsibilities**
As Highways Maintenance Operative, you’ll carry out highways maintenance duties as instructed. Including winter maintenance when appropriate.
Your day to day will include:
- respond promptly to incidents on the network as instructed
- responsible for notification to Network Control Centre on commencement and end of winter maintenance and occupation of Roadspace for Traffic Management
- when trained to do so operate a variety of plant and equipment in order to carry out required duties effectively.
- work in close cooperation with team members and subcontractors, contributing to the maintenance of a safe and healthy working environment for both the network users and work team by ensuring compliance all H&S procedures
**What are we looking for?**
This role of Highways Maintenance Operative is great for you if have:
- full driving licence
- experience and knowledge of strict H&S operations and its practical implications
- ability to work using own initiative and as part of a team
**We’re proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include**:
- new and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance, and more
- a fantastic, matched pension scheme
- life assurance
- wellbeing resources
And so much more You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website.
**Who is Kier?**
As a leading UK infrastructure services, construction and property group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK.
Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We take pride in bringing specialist knowledge, sector leading experience and fresh thinking to all that we do.
We are collaborative, trusted and focused, and we will empower you to achieve your career goals, and listen to your thoughts, ideas and challenges.
**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 (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives. You can see more about our D&I action plan here.
Closing Date:13 September 2023
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