Skilled Highways Operative

Hook, England, United Kingdom

12/9/2024

About The Role

Skilled Highways Maintenance Operative

Bishops Waltham

25 Days Holiday + 8 Bank Holidays

Generous Pension scheme / Life assurance

Overtime / Out of hours / Standby bonus / Winter service Opportunities

Referral scheme / Holiday purchase scheme / Cycle to work scheme

Employee discount platform

Milestone Infrastructure are looking for Skilled Highways Operatives to join our team in Bishops Waltham. As a Skilled Highways Operative, you will bring your expertise in Highways to undertake a variety of essential tasks including, but not limited to, pothole repairs, excavation works, laying & levelling kerbs, slabs and bitumen macadam, drainage and gully installations, vegetation management.

We are looking for individuals who can operate and maintain plant equipment, install traffic managements and support emergency call outs and winter operations.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Conduct highways maintenance tasks to a high standard
• Operate all plant, tools and equipment e.g. ensure pre user checks completed / defects escalated and recorded
• Install traffic management under instruction in accordance with method statements
• Support Winter & Emergency Service duties as required
• Ensure accurate records are maintained (drivers’ hours, timesheets, job stock and materials, job feedback notes, Permits etc). HGV Drivers are expected to adhere to GB Domestic Drivers Hours.
• Keeping vehicles clean, tidy and correctly loaded; waste materials to be correctly transported and managed in the Depot.
• Supporting weather related or emergency events e.g. flooding prevention, sandbag/salt wick filling and deployment, clearing debris from the highway, emergency road closures and diversions
  
  

Key Skills & Experience

• A full UK driving licence (essential)
• HGV Class C driving licence is highly desirable (or demonstrate ability to obtain one)
• Experience in Highways or similar outdoor work, proving ability to work in multiple weather conditions conducting manual tasks
• Knowledge of Health and Safety practices and traffic management procedures
• CSCS card (or willingness to obtain one)
• NRSWA qualification (or willingness to obtain)
  
  

We also have other depots in the Hampshire area so if Bishops Waltham isn’t right for you, look for one of our other adverts in Hook, Totton, Petersfield and Andover.

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.