Highways Operative

We're looking for a Highways Maintenance Operative AaA (Attend and Assess) to join our Transportation Team. Within this role, you can enjoy a competitive salary and annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell Annual leave, a huge range of deals and discounts at many of your favourite brands. We also offer 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family and more.

Can you envision a world without transportation links by land, sea, or air? Neither can we Your journey is our journey. Join us at Kier Transportation, where we are working brilliantly together to make a difference, supporting the movement of people, goods, and equipment.

Location: Polegate depot, Polegate

Hours: Permanent, Full-time, 42 hours per week – 4 on 4 off, 12-hour shifts

Salary: £12.00 to £15.34 per hour dependent on experience and qualifications (weekly paid)

What will you be responsible for?

As a Highways Maintenance Operative, you'll be working as part of a team to maintain the efficient and timely delivery of the operational requirements for a designated area of the network. You'll also be the single point of contact (Network Hub) out of hours to ensure the safe deployment of operatives working on the network.

Your day to day will include:

• Part of the response team, promptly dealing with incidents and emergency works on the network as directed by National Highways
• Carry out daily checks of labour plant and materials sheet and ensure efficient utilisation.  
• Work closely with team members to actively promote Health and Safety in the workplace, setting a good example to other employees and ensuring awareness of Health and Safety compliance
• Assist with the deployment of other resources to incident scenes as required. Perform other duties as may from time to time be reasonably required
• Support with the delivery of Severe weather where required

What are we looking for?

We need you to have a fully valid driving license. This is essential so that you can drive our vehicles to the site, carrying the tools and equipment required.

• Ability to work using own initiative and as a part of the team
• Willingness to work outdoors in all weather conditions
• Capable of working under pressure within a safety critical role

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

We look forward to seeing your application to join the #constructionrevolution #joinkier