Trainee Highways Maintenance Operative

**Job Introduction**:
Are you an aspiring **Trainee Highways Maintenance Operative **looking for a permanent role? Then read on as we may just have the role for you.

At Tarmac, ‘who you are’ matters. We want to get to know you. If you share our values and are proud of a job well done, collaborative in working well with others and ambitious to make things better, then have a read of what we have on offer.

We are currently recruiting for **Trainee Highways Maintenance Operative **to join our Highways team working on the Highways project of works. This role will be based from Boroughbridge and you will be required to travel across the assigned region with the team; dependant of current works requirements. The role is easily accessible from Harrogate, York, Leeds, Ripon, North Allerton, Thirsk, Shipley, Sowerby, Knaresborough, Wetherby, Catterick and surrounding areas.

Here at Tarmac, we are working hard to create a dynamic and inclusive environment and it’s important that our people come from a variety of different backgrounds.

**Role Responsibility**:
As a **Trainee Highways Maintenance Operative **you will be responsible; as a part of a team, to work and support the successful delivery of highways work by Tarmac to achieve the successful overall delivery of the work we are committed to.

Other responsibilities for this role of **Trainee Highways Maintenance Operative **will include:

- Strimming of grass using petrol strimmer’s
- Site clearance works
- Litter picking
- Boundary fence works
- Balance Pond Maintenance clearance of drainage channels and ditches
- Traffic management
- Small civils works (kerbing potholes and patching works)
- Minor structures routine maintenance and inspection
- Stand in for Ganger through absences and due to volume of works
- Minor painting works
- Graffiti removal

You must be willing and able to travel across the region of work related to this role

To be successful in the role of **Trainee Highways Maintenance Operative **will ideally have experience of working within a similar role within a busy working environment. You will also (not exhaustive):

- LGV HGV 1/2- would be highly preferred in this role
- Experience with Small tools (strimmer / hedge cutter)
- Plant (small roller and mini excavator and loading shovel)
- Operation of IPV, Sweeper and Winter Gritters
- Winter training, or willingness to be trained
- 12A/B Traffic Management, or willingness to undertake training
- 12D Traffic Management, or willingness to undertake training
- Undertake required training for all activities where required for the role

**Why Us**:
In addition to the role of **Trainee Highways Maintenance Operative **we offer an extensive range of career development opportunities and industry-leading rewards, incentives, and benefits:

- Bonus scheme
- Enhanced holiday entitlement
- Contributory pension scheme
- Access to the Tarmac Reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays, etc.
- Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice
- Access to join our Employee Communities (employee networks) we currently have nine communities inc. (REACH) Religious, Ethnic, Cultural Heritage, LGBTQ+, Parents & Carers, Ability, Wellbeing, Female Voice, and Menopause
- Training and development opportunities

Interested? Why not click here to find out more? Go onare you ready to build your future?

Tarmac Trading Limited
- Salary
- Competitive Salary + Overtime + Bonus + Benefits Package
- Frequency
- Annual
- Job Reference
- tarmac/TP/112/6007
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Closing Date
- 29 September, 2024
- Job Category
- Road Surfacing, Highways & Traffic Management
- Business Unit
- Midlands
- Location
- Boroughbridge,York, United Kingdom
- Posted on
- 23 August, 2024