Highways Electrical Operative

**Highways Electrical Operative**

**Working Pattern: 40 hrs per week - Monday to Friday**

**Location: Bilsthorpe, Nottinghamshire**

Are you someone with experience of carrying out electrical maintenance and insallation work, who wants to learn from and work alongside experienced electricians?

Via currently has a fantastic opportunity to join our Signs and Traffic Signals Electrical Team as an Electrical Operative based at our Head Office in Bilsthorpe, Nottingham.

**About the role**:
As an Electrical Operative you will carry out installation and maintenance tasks and support the chargehand and Highways Electrician on site. You will comply with all NHSS8, Health & Safety & Environmental accreditations and Legal requirements to maintaining a safe working environment. You will ensure work is carried out in accordance with drawings so work can be completed to meet targets. You will accurately process data and paperwork, keeping inventor up to date.

You will also be responsible for operating vehicles, plant, tools, and equipment ensuring correct use and unnecessary damage, comply with daily routine checks, recording to legal requirements and reporting any damages or defects found. You will provide a flexible approach to working times / days depending on the needs of the business, and support work on an out of hours emergency call out rota to minimise disruption to the network.
- Full Driving Licence (L.G.V advantage)
- Knowledge of Health and Safety legislation including Risk Assessments and Method Statements
- Hold industry recognised qualifications; New Roads and Street Works Act, First Aid, Level 2 NVQ Diploma in highway electrical systems, (MEWP/ Lorry Loader advantage).
- Knowledge / experience in the use of plant, transport, materials and operations associated with Highway Electrical Installation and maintenance activities.
- Ability to work at heights.
- Able to understand drawings, follow verbal and written instructions, and to work as part of a team completing works efficiently and safely, including basic IT skills.
- Flexibility to learn new skills and look for continuous improvement in service delivery

**About Via**:
We are a major employer in Nottinghamshire with a multi-skilled local workforce and a range of highly trained staff based at a number of different locations throughout the county. 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 the majority of our work being based in the East Midlands, our front-line staff also enjoy short journeys to site each working day.

Our staff get access to a wide range of benefits. These include an excellent pension scheme, cycle to work scheme, buying and selling of annual leave and much more.

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

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £20,000.00-£25,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Flexitime
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
- Overtime

Supplemental pay types:

- Performance bonus
- Yearly bonus

Work Location: One location