Highways Skilled Operative

6 months ago


Whitby, United Kingdom NY Highways Full time

**Title**:Highways Skilled Operative

**Location**:North Yorkshire**, **Countywide

**Salary**: Grade 3 - Grade 5 (£26884 - £32291) + Overtime

**Contract**:Permanent,Full Time (40 hours a week)

**Benefits**:24 days’ holiday + bank holidays’, company pension and other benefits.

**Do you have experience of working in a Civils Gang? (Drainage, groundworks, kerbing, surfacing, paving, slabbing, excavator/machinery)**

**Are you looking for a new challenge that offers variety and the satisfaction of making a difference to our local communities?**

We are looking for motivated Skilled Operatives of different experience levels to join us at NY Highways to work across the county. You will play an important part in ensuring NY Highways deliver civil engineering and infrastructure projects across North Yorkshire.

We have 7 depots across the county, in Richmond, Thirsk, Whitby, Kirby Misperton, Selby, Skipton and Boroughbridge and you will be required to work at one of these depots depending on the location of the project. You will have access to a company vehicle to travel to sites during worktime with the opportunity for overtime.

This role is varied, and you will have the opportunity to be involved in maintenance projects and will undertake a wide range of routine and cyclical highway maintenance activities including kerbing, concrete work, paving and slabbing, laying asphalt, iron work, boundary fence repair and maintenance, sign erecting and vegetation works.

Working as part of a team, you will carry out all work to the highest standard whilst following Safety, Health and Environmental policies and risk assessments. This will involve using a range of power and hand tools and operating small plant equipment. You will have good communication skills to work effectively with your NY Highways employees as well as being able to work within set timeframes but be flexible in your working approach - some out of hours working is essential.

This is a role where you will be physically active and will be working outdoors in all weathers from hot summers to cold winters. You will be provided with full Personal Protective Equipment including outdoor clothing.

For this vacancy it is essential that you have experience in any of the following skills or qualifications. You do not need to have all of them and if you have some of the below, we encourage you to apply. We will offer training to gain further qualifications needed for you to develop in the role and to carry out the varying projects NY Highways work on:

- Shoring
- Confined Spaces
- Re-instatement of both footway & carriageway
- Banksman
- Manual Handling
- Abrasive Wheel
- Emergency First Aid
- Safe Dig
- Valid Driving Licence and Class 2 licence is an advantage
- NRSWA
- Relevant TM 12D
- Excavators’ tickets and experience
- Dumper and Banksmen tickets
- Drainage installation tickets and experience
- Resurfacing
- Kerbing experience
- NRSWA desirable
- CPCS and or NPORS qualifications

This is the ideal role if you already have similar experience in a Highway civil engineering & infrastructure and looking to join a progressive business that offers training and the opportunity progress in your career.

**About us**

NY Highways provides highways services across North Yorkshire and the surrounding areas. From road maintenance to street lighting and road signs and pavement repairs, we operate in close partnership with North Yorkshire Council combining a commercial focus with public sector values including delivering highway civil engineering & infrastructure projects.

We are looking to lead the way in Highway innovation whilst developing and rewarding our workforce. With the responsibility of a network of roads that stretch for almost 5800 miles and a team of around 250 experienced professionals, there isn’t much we don’t know about highway maintenance. Our aims are supported by our staff who have years of industry experience and knowledge.

Since launching, we have invested in our people and technology - from promoting staff and training the next generation of Operatives, Mechanics, Electricians and Surveyors via apprenticeships to adopting the latest technology and a strong commitment to Quality and Environmental principles

**What we can offer you**

When you join us, we can offer career development, a choice of benefits and support through our reward and benefits program:

- Salary - We are pleased to offer a competitive salary from £26684per year.
- Pension - Company Pension scheme which we will contribute to up 6%
- Holidays - Minimum 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays. Accumulating an additional day each year up to 5 years
- Career Development - We are committed to the continual development and training of our staff and will offer courses and training relevant to this role and your progression.
- Choices - Our benefits scheme includes a good maternity leave package, cycle2work scheme, childcare vouchers with our online voucher portal giving acces


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