Highways Labourer

Tyneside, England, United Kingdom- Permanent - Full Time**ADD TO FAVOURITES**

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Enerveo is one of the largest contracting businesses in the UK, offering a broad scope of services including mechanical, electrical, high voltage, electrical vehicle (EV) infrastructure installation, test and inspection services, as well as street lighting.

**Job Title**: Highways Labourer

**Base Location**: Newcastle/North Tyneside

**Salary**: £24,670 plus, all PPE and work van to utilise during working hours.

**Working Pattern**: 37 Hours per week, Permanent | Full Time, you can also take part in ‘On-call’ rotas which attract additional payments. Attractive working hours of Mon-Thurs 0700 - 1530hrs and Fridays 0700 - 1200hrs.

**What will I be doing in this role?**

Enerveo have an extensive street lighting business that manages over 1 million streetlights across the UK and Ireland and through design, project management, consultancy, installation and maintenance we play a major role in reducing energy consumption and carbon footprints helping towns and cities become smarter, greener and more efficient which benefits us all.

One of the great things about joining us as a Highway Labourer is that we can take on experienced Operatives who already hold all the relevant qualifications, as well as those who are looking to transfer from other roles that are based in Highways or in Construction.

In a typical day, you could expect to be:

- Installing new and maintaining existing street lighting apparatus and furniture, this could be streetlights, signposts or signs
- Changing, painting and testing of equipment to prevent any future issues
- Ensuring we deliver outstanding service to our clients and the general public
- Working to strict safety guidelines and regulations

**What do I bring to the role?**

We can offer positions to existing Highway Lighting Operative, as well as people without previous experience in the construction industry, who will then have the opportunity to undertake further training and development as they progress.

**Our Essential requirements for all applicants are**:

- We work in all weathers So, you need to be the type of person who is happy working outdoors all year round.
- A lot of this role will be working at height, so you need to be comfortable with working in a MEWP (also called a cherry picker) at heights that could be up to 12 Meters above ground
- We do need you to have a full UK Driving Licence
- Adaptable and versatile with a can do attitude
- You can work brilliantly in a Team as well as being able to act on your own initiative

**Desirable Requirements**
- In date CSCS/ECS card.
- IPAF certification for Mobile Elevated Working Platform (MEWP).
- Experience in Highways Electrical and street furniture.
- Knowledge on extracting information from utility drawings.

**Next Steps**

If we make you a job offer, before commencing employment with us, you'll be required to fully complete our pre-employment screening process consisting of a basic DBS. Enerveo are committed to offering fair opportunities to those with previous criminal convictions and will consider each case on its individual circumstances.