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Highways Operative

Location:
East Anglia
City Town:
Suffolk
Department:
Operations
16 Oct 2024
Vacancy Type:
Employee
About The Role

Highways Operative

25 days annual leave plus bank holiday

Company sick pay

Significant opportunities for additional earnings through overtime and winter service

Industry leading training and development

Career progression opportunities

Employee exclusive discounts

Leaving a legacy in the county

Milestone Infrastructure is the UKs leading highways maintenance provider looking after over 24,000 miles of roads, 280,000 lighting assets and 20,000 miles of footways, always with a view to ensuring that all works are carried out as sustainably as possible and with minimal impact to local communities.

We have recently been awarded Suffolk’s new highways services contract, which will begin on 1 October 2023 and run for up to 20 years. The contract will deliver highways projects and improvements across Suffolk in addition to highway maintenance activities.

As a result, we are currently looking to recruit Highways Operatives to work in our Operations Team, responsible for the operational delivery of the contract.

As a Highways Operative your duties & responsibilities will be:

  • 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 Suffolk Highways network

Skills & 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

 Additional 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.

This excellent opportunity is the chance to be working for an organisation leading the way in reducing carbon emissions, driving a circular economy approach, and increasing biodiversity. Milestone have numerous industry accolades, including the Environmental Sustainability and Special Merit Award at The Highways Awards. Constantly evolving and meeting the ambitions of its clients across the UK. Milestone are also leading on the world’s first carbon negative highways infrastructure project.

About The Company

At Milestone we embrace diversity, opening a rich potential for new ways of thinking and helping us to build successful and winning teams. We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process; and as a Disability Confident employer, if you require any adjustments that would assist you throughout your application, please contact us at [email protected] or inform the recruitment manager in the first instance and we will be pleased to offer support.

This is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Milestone. The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the Business.