Utility Service Technician

Contract: Cheshire East Highways

Location: Crewe

Contract Type: Permanent

Join Our Team as a Utility Services Technician

Ringway Jacobs is delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for a Utility Services Technician to become part of our Construction Team in Cheshire.

In this vital role, you'll work closely with the Construction Team Leader to plan, support, and deliver high-quality underground service location activities. You'll play a key part in ensuring all works are carried out safely, efficiently, and in full compliance with CEH health and safety policies — helping us maintain the highest standards across CEH and SCP operations.

The Role

• Providing support to all teams in the location of and avoidance of underground services.
• Survey and produce simple drawings showing the locations of services for use by the operational teams.
• Provide advice to operational teams following surveys, in the safe methods to be utilised for excavations.
• To assist operatives in the tracing of utility plant.
• To train operatives in the effective use of cable detection equipment & techniques and in the understanding of public utility plans and drawings.

Job Description

About You

• A current, valid driving licence is essential.
• Utility Services experience detecting underground services desirable.
• New Roads and Street works or NHSS 12 training and qualifications would be highly beneficial.
• Experience in the use of handheld technology (PDAs, Smartphones, etc) would be advantageous but not essential. Local knowledge of the county would be beneficial.
• Works towards Lantra accreditation (Location and Avoidance of Underground Apparatus).

Benefits

At Ringway Jacobs we recognise that our people make the difference, and in order to do what we do well, particular care is taken in nurturing and investing in our people. That's why you will always be given the opportunity to utilise your expertise and develop your career.

Ringway Jacobs recognises the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements across many of our roles. We therefore welcome applications from people looking for an alternative working pattern e.g. part-time hours, job share etc. Please let us know on your CV or cover letter if this is what you are looking for.

In return for your hard work you will receive:

• Sick Pay
• Competitive salary
• Opportunity to purchase up to 5 days extra leave
• A variety of discounts through our "RJ Rewards" app, including restaurants, holidays, days out etc
• Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Pension scheme

The Company

We are Ringway Jacobs, a leading highways service provider working with local authorities across the UK. Formed in 2005, specifically to provide road network management solutions to local government, our unique blend of engineering capability, innovation and customer care make us the best in class. We support over 10,000 miles of highways, 10,000 miles of footway, almost 7,800 miles of public rights of way and 242,000 street lights. We excel in delivering safe, sustainable service excellence, through our passion, integrity and collaborative culture.

Ringway Jacobs is an equal opportunities employer. We wish to ensure equality of opportunity in employment and the fair treatment of all our employees.

If you require further details, please contact our Recruitment Team on or e-mail them on This will take you to a login page, where you will need to create an account to continue your application. Once you have created an account you will be able to see where your application is up to and apply for other opportunities within Ringway Jacobs.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments to be made as part of the application process please contact us directly.

We have a dedicated recruitment team and politely request that agencies refrain from contacting anyone across our businesses with regards to speculative CV's or offering to assist with our vacancies, thank you.