We're looking for a Highways Maintenance Operative to join our Area 13 M&R team based in Lancashire.
Location: Preston - Garstang, PR3 0PL
Hours: 4 on, 4 off days & nights shift pattern, 12 hrs per day
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.
Join our Area 13 M&R team working across the motorways and trunk roads in Cumbria and North Lancashire. You'll be part of a dedicated team delivering routine and cyclic maintenance, winter service, emergency response and reactive repair works. This is a varied role where you'll be making a real difference to the road network, supporting road users and keeping our highways safe and well-maintained.
What will you be responsible for?
As a Highways Maintenance Operative, you'll be working within the Area 13 M&R team, supporting them in delivering essential maintenance and emergency response across the network. Your day to day will include:
- Carrying out routine maintenance activities including grass strimming, litter picking, sign cleaning and marker post replacement
- Installing, maintaining and removing temporary traffic management where required
- Undertaking severe weather duties such as gritting and flood clearance
- Responding to incidents and working with Highways England to clear scenes quickly and safely
- Promoting health and safety in the workplace and championing wellbeing within your team
What are we looking for?
This role of Highways Maintenance Operative is great for you if:
- You're capable of working under pressure within a safety critical role
- You're self-motivated with strong communication and interpersonal skills
- You work well as part of a team and can also work independently with minimal supervision
- You hold a Full driving licence
- You're committed to maintaining high standards of health, safety and wellbeing
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.
As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.
Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.
We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.
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