Highways Maintenance Apprenticeship

**Highways Maintenance Apprenticeship Level 2**

**Salary: £14,592 (increasing year on year)**

**Hours: 40 hours per week**

**Location: Blyth & Gamston**

Are you looking for a role that can launch your career within the Construction and Highways Industry?

Via currently has fantastic opportunities to join our Construction and Maintenance Team as a Highways Maintenance Apprentice based at various depot locations across the Nottinghamshire.

As a Highways Maintenance Apprentice, you will gain first-rate training and mentoring along with hands on experience and the practical qualifications to prove it Throughout the training period you will gain a Level 2 Highways Maintenance Apprenticeship as well as gaining additional nationally recognised industry qualifications e.g: NRSWA (New Roads and Street Works Act)

**About the role**:
Within your role you will work under the support and direction of experienced operatives delivering work on Highway Construction and Maintenance projects, such as tarmacking, concreting, and various groundworks.

You will gain competence in the operation of light plant and other construction equipment, such as Road Rollers, Breakers and Stihl Saws and gain an understanding of the documentation and specifications associated with highway construction and maintenance works.

We are looking for a capable and motivated individual who has an interest in civil engineering and the construction/highways industry.
- A minimum of 3 GCSE’s at grade C/4 or equivalent (Maths or Science desirable)
- Hold level 1 English and Maths functional skills qualifications or have the ability to study to achieve this level upon completion of the apprenticeship
- Full Driving Licence

**About Via**

Based in Nottinghamshire, with a multi-skilled local workforce and a range of highly trained staff at a few different locations throughout the county. Via East Midlands provides sustainable highways services for Nottinghamshire and across the wider East Midlands region.

Our roles include highway maintenance, electrical works, mechanics, construction, forestry, road safety, civil engineering and much more. We combine a public-sector service ethos with a strong commercial focus, and we are passionate about innovation and creating and delivering sustainable solutions safely across Nottinghamshire and the wider East Midlands.

Via is a great place to work if you value work-life balance and we are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace. We offer a range of family friendly and inclusive employment policies, including generous annual leave allowances, with flexible working available to our office-based staff. With most of our work being based in the East Midlands, our front-line staff also enjoy short journeys to site each working day.

By joining us you will be part of a growing organisation that positively embraces customer and community aspirations.

If this sounds like you, it would be great to hear from you.

**Salary**: £14,592.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Canteen
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Employee mentoring programme
- Flexitime
- Free flu jabs
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Wellness programme

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

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