Highways Operative
March
21 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Generous pension scheme / Personal accident insurance / Life assurance
Holiday purchase scheme / Referral scheme / Cycle to work scheme
Outdoor working / LGV/HGV training / Paid overtime
Employee rewards & discounts platform (major retailers & cinemas)
Milestone Infrastructure is working in partnership with Cambridgeshire County Council in Cambridgeshire are seeking experienced Operatives to work in our March Depot.
As a Highways Operative, your duties and responsibilities will include:
- To work as part of operations crew undertaking various labouring duties including excavation works, laying and levelling of kerbs, slabs and bitumen macadam, drainage and gully installations
- To ensure that reasonable care is taken at all times for the health, safety and welfare of own and other persons and to comply with all local and statutory Health & Safety procedures
- To operate small plant and equipment used in highway maintenance with guidance from Site Supervisor
- To install traffic management under instruction in accordance with method statements with guidance from Site Supervisor • To participate in an out of hours emergency call out system covering the Cambridgeshire Highway Services network Skills And Knowledge Requirements
- Clean driving licence • Ground Works experience, highways preferred • Willingness to work outside of normal hours and weekends as required (paid as overtime) in all weathers
- Good customer care skills (i.e. dealing with the public)
- Demonstration of capability to gain HGV Class C licence during probationary period - emergency standby and winter maintenance are a contractual part of the service we deliver Desirable
- LGV/HGV Class C – training will be given New Roads and Street Works (NRSWA) Operative Accreditation
- CSCS What’s in it for you?
- 21 days' annual leave plus 8 days' bank holiday
- Out of hours / Call out (Overtime)
- Pension scheme • Life Assurance
- Personal Accident Insurance
- Ongoing training & development
- HGV / LGV Driver training At Milestone we embrace diversity, opening a rich potential for new ways of thinking and helping us to build successful and winning teams.
Information
- You must possess a high degree of manual dexterity demonstrated through the use of hand tools.
- You will be required to work outdoors in all weathers and be required to walk and stand on uneven ground.
- You must also be able to work within a confined space, without restriction.