Highways Maintenance Operative

4 weeks ago

Chester, Cheshire, United Kingdom Colas Full time
Main Responsibilities

As a Highways Maintenance Operative, you will be involved in various highway maintenance activities, including gully emptying, winter maintenance, sweeping and cleaning, soft estate clearance, traffic management, and other tasks as required to effectively maintain the highway infrastructure.

You will work closely with your team members to promote effective health and safety within the workplace, ensuring defined safe systems of work and risk assessments are adhered to. You will also be required to actively participate in incident management and winter service.

You will effectively use Colas plant and fleet, ensuring all vehicles are checked safe before taking out in accordance with company policy. You will work within Colas' processes to effectively manage administrative tasks, such as timesheet collation, capturing plant, labour and material use, etc.

You will undertake all other appropriate duties as assigned by your line manager or ganger as required by the business, ensuring the satisfactory completion of works in accordance with Colas Health & Safety practices.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate will have a HGV Class 2 Licence, which is essential for the role, as well as a full UK driving licence. Experience of highways maintenance and/or any relevant highways qualifications are desirable, but not essential.

Colas Ltd are looking for Highways Maintenance Operatives who have a can-do attitude and are willing to work with initiative. You will have good communication skills and be capable of working in high-pressure environments and in all weather conditions.

Package Description

Here at Colas, we offer a great total compensation package, including:

  • A salary between £11.44 and £13.75 (dependent on licences and experience)
  • Our Colas Pension Scheme has combined contributions of up to 10%
  • Life Assurance Scheme which is x4 basic salary
  • 21 days annual leave per year + Public Holidays
  • Holiday Purchase & Selling Scheme
  • Hybrid Working Scheme (dependent on the role)
  • Opportunities to study towards a fully funded Professional Qualification
  • Ongoing personal / professional development
  • Discounts on car leasing, holidays, cinema tickets, restaurants and much more through our online employee benefits

As a business, we hold three core values: Caring, Sharing, and Daring. We are committed to Caring for our colleagues, promoting equality and diversity, and maintaining a culture of fairness, transparency, and respect for all employees, clients, communities, suppliers, contractors, and other stakeholders.

We harness a productive environment where talents are being fully utilised and organisational goals are met, Sharing our knowledge and expertise with colleagues to progress and expand on new ideas, promoting trust, responsibility, and solidarity.

Our culture is built on an innovative and pioneering mindset, Daring to welcome new ideas and approaches. We are driven to invest in our employees and encourage them to participate in innovation, moving forward and striving to provide sustainable infrastructure solutions.

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