Highways Maintenance Operative
On-site
About this role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Permanent Highway Maintenance Operative (HMO) to join our dynamic Area 7 team.
The standard hours of work are 45 hours per week, working a rotating shift pattern of days and nights, typically one week of day shifts followed by one week
of night shifts. Day shifts are 8 hours and night shifts are 10 hours.
What You'll Do
As a Highway Maintenance Operative, you will play a key role in maintaining and improving the strategic road network by delivering a variety of highways maintenance activities safely and efficiently.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Maintaining high technical standards and delivering effective solutions.
- Attending project briefings as required.
- Ensuring compliance with all relevant health and safety legislation and specifications.
- Managing and mentoring apprentices and operatives, coordinating work activities where required.
- Taking responsibility for the security of vehicles, plant, equipment, and materials under your control.
- Planning work activities and estimating vehicle, plant, and material requirements.
- Carrying out a range of highways maintenance activities, including:
- Vehicle Restraint Systems (VRS)
- Drainage works
- Kerbing
- Fencing
- Walling
- Road sweeping
- Road signing
- Patching repairs
- Traffic management
- Soft estate maintenance
- Driving and operating vehicles and plant equipment, including carrying out routine inspections, basic maintenance checks, and cleaning. A valid HGV licence is desirable.
- Completing records, reports, and required documentation accurately.
- Communicating effectively with colleagues, subcontractors, emergency services, police, clients, customers, and members of the public.
- Reporting health and safety concerns, team issues, or performance concerns to the Supervisor.
What You'll Bring
Essential
- Full UK Driving Licence.
- HGV Class 2 Licence.
- Experience working as a Highway Maintenance Operative or Ganger.
- Experience managing or leading a team.
- Experience delivering emergency response and winter maintenance services.
- Experience working with Chapter 8 and Traffic Management on high-speed roads.
- Personal Highway Safety Certificate (PHSC).
- SSSTS or SMSTS qualification.
Desirable
- CSCS card.
- Experience across a broad range of highways maintenance disciplines.
What We Can Offer
Our benefits are designed to help you thrive at work and in your home life. You'll have the flexibility to choose benefits and development opportunities that are best for you.
Some of our benefits include:
- Competitive Salary with opportunities for annual review.
- Career Development through structured progression pathways.
- Outstanding Personal Development Opportunities, including:
- Leadership Development Programmes
- Women@Amey
- Multicultural Leadership Programme
- Mentoring and coaching opportunities
- Generous Pension Scheme with enhanced company contributions.
- 24 Days Annual Leave plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase up to 5 additional days.
- Flexible Benefits Package, including additional leave, cycle-to-work schemes, charitable giving options, and gym membership discounts.
- Employee Discounts Portal offering savings across leading retailers, healthcare services, and lifestyle brands.
- Two Social Impact Days each year to support volunteering and community initiatives.
About Amey
Amey is a leading provider of infrastructure services and engineering solutions. We design, maintain and improve the UK's critical infrastructure, helping to create sustainable, innovative and efficient services for our clients and communities.
Our people are at the heart of everything we do. We're committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, supported, and able to achieve their full potential.
Application Guidance
Diversity and Inclusion
At Amey, we are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of race, gender, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or age.
As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview where they meet the minimum requirements of the role.
Please contact Chantal Hayes at [email protected] to discuss any access needs, reasonable adjustments, or additional support you may require at any stage of the recruitment process.
Apply Today
We may close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications, so please apply as soon as possible.
We look forward to hearing from you.
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Company at a glance
Who we are
Amey is a global, integrated infrastructure consultancy and operations partner. We design, deliver, protect, and maintain critical assets and systems.
Why we exist
We believe connecting ambition, innovation, expertise and human judgement, lead to true progress in shaping the critical systems upon which our lives and our world depend.
How we deliver
We practise connected intelligence - systems thinking that treats infrastructure and mission-critical environments as a living, interconnected whole.
Starting with people - our clients and the communities they serve - we place real needs, constraints and ambitions at the centre of every decision, shaping close partnerships and practical, tailored solutions, built for the long term.
What we do
We advise, design, finance, deliver, and enhance civic, transport, and defence systems. By combining strategic intelligence, engineering, infrastructure finance, and operational expertise, we create secure, resilient, compliant, and high-value outcomes across the lifecycles of new and legacy assets.
Team Size10,001+ employees
WorkspaceOn-site
IndustryCivil Engineering
Location
Newark and Sherwood, England, United Kingdom
Websiteamey.co.uk
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Top Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Career development
- Leadership development programmes
- Mentoring and coaching
- Pension scheme
- 24 days annual leave
- Flexible benefits package
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Gym membership discounts
- Employee discounts portal
- Social impact days
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