Road Marking Operative (Trainee) - Edinburgh (Dalkeith)
Fastlane Road Markings is looking for a trainee Road Marking Operative to join our Edinburgh team. Full training given - no experience needed.
This is a fantastic opportunity to build a long-term career in a specialist trade.
What You’ll Be Doing:
As a Road Marking Operative (Trainee), you’ll work alongside experienced colleagues, learning the trade while supporting with hands-on tasks across car parks, warehouses, factories, schools and sports pitches etc., mainly on private sites (not public highways) - ensuring variety and new challenges every day.
This is an active, outdoor role that involves teamwork, problem solving, and physical hands-on work, on-site, in-person.
Why Join Fast Lane?
We work in small, supportive teams who take real pride in their work, and we invest in people who want to grow with us.
What we’re Looking For:
No road marking experience? No problem – we’ll teach you. What matters most is attitude, coachability, attention to detail, hard-work and reliability.
You’ll need:
- A coachable attitude, willing to take instruction, apply it, take feedback and develop.
- Excellent timekeeping and reliability to support our customers and your team.
- A strong work ethic and positive, can-do attitude.
- A full, clean UK driving licence
- Your own reliable transport to and from our yard in Dalkeith EH22 4AD.
- Valid CSCS card.
- Excellent customer service skills: You’ll be part of a team trusted to work on busy sites where professionalism and excellent communication with clients & the public is essential.
- Literacy and numeracy skills to follow written instructions, read site drawings, and set out markings accurately.
- Strong awareness of health & safety with a dynamic risk assessment mindset.
- Pride in your work, quality as standard with great attention to detail.
- Flexibility to work early mornings, nights, weekends, and occasionally away from home.
- Willingness to complete a Disclosure Scotland and security vetting process (for schools, hospitals, prisons etc).
Desirable (but not essential):
- Previous experience in a Health & Safety / construction related environment.
- Other relevant training/qualifications – First Aid, Manual Handling, etc
What we offer:
- Full paid training and genuine career progression: Second Man → Lead Operative → Foreperson → Supervisor
- Competitive pay increases as you train and develop, plus overtime, and performance bonuses.
- Company pension
- Work within a highly respected, established, multi-branch company, working in small, supportive teams, where your impact is noticed and valued.
Must reside within a reliable 15-mile commute of our Dalkeith Yard (EH22 4AD).
Apply Today
If you’re keen to learn and ready to build a rewarding career in a specialist trade, we’d love to hear from you!
Apply on Indeed with your CV, and a covering note telling us in a few lines why you'd take safety coaching well.
Best of luck.
Pay: From £13.00 per hour
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
