Highways Maintenance Skilled Operative

Reporting to the Highways Supervisor, you will work collaboratively within your team as a Highways Maintenance Skilled Operative to achieve the best possible commercial outcomes for our projects. You will also play a key role in managing any challenge processes initiated by JB Riney's clients. Day to day responsibilities for this role of Highways Maintenance Skilled Operative will include:

• Carrying out reactive and planned maintenance tasks such as pothole repairs, patching, kerbing, drainage works, and minor civils
• Undertaking emergency and out-of-hours call-out work on a rota basis
• Participating in winter service operations, including salting and snow clearance using HGV gritting vehicles
• Operating plant and machinery including mini diggers in accordance with CPCS certification
• Ensuring all works are carried out in accordance with relevant legislation, standards, and safety procedures
• Setting out temporary traffic management in line with NRSWA requirements
• Completing required documentation including risk assessments, job records, and vehicle checks
• Maintaining good communication with supervisors, team members, and members of the public
  
  Are you an experienced and dynamic Highways Maintenance Skilled Operative looking for your next position?
We are seeking a skilled Highways Maintenance Operative to assist in delivering essential maintenance services across the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. This practical, hands-on role includes a range of tasks such as reactive repairs, patching, winter service operations, and responding to emergency callouts. The ideal candidate will hold a valid HGV (Category C) licence, a CPC Driver Qualification Card, a CPCS card for operating mini diggers, and a current NRSWA Operative card., To be successful in the role of Highways Maintenance Skilled Operative will have the following: ESSENTIAL
• Valid HGV licence (Category C) and Driver CPC Card
• NRSWA Operative Card (Units including Signing, Lighting & Guarding; Excavation; and Reinstatement)
• CPCS Card for mini digger (excavator below 10 tonnes)
• Previous experience in highways maintenance or civil engineering works
• Flexible and willing to participate in a standby rota for emergency and winter maintenance
• Strong awareness of Health & Safety and safe site working practices
• Ability to carry out physically demanding outdoor work in all weather conditions.
DESIRABLE
• Traffic Management (LANTRA) certification
• First Aid at Work certificate
• Experience working on contracts within London boroughs or other urban environments
• Knowledge of using handheld digital recording tools or tablets
  
  At J B Riney, our people are our company. The way in which we treat our people - both our employees and the communities in which we live and work. J B Riney is a long- established Civil Engineering company who have operated in the Greater London area for nearly 40 years. Working alongside many Local Authorities and Councils, our well-earned reputation is built on local knowledge, reliability, quality products and services as well as a customer focused delivery.
Here at JB Riney, we are working hard to create a dynamic and inclusive environment and it's important that our people come from a variety of different backgrounds.

In addition to this role we also offer an extensive range of career development opportunities and industry-leading rewards, incentives and benefits including:
• Bonus scheme
• Enhanced holiday entitlement
• Contributory pension scheme
• Access to the Tarmac Reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays, etc.
• Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice
• Access to join our Employee Communities (employee networks) we currently have nine communities inc. (REACH) Religious, Ethnic, Cultural Heritage, LGBTQ+, Parents & carers, Ability, Wellbeing, Female voice and menopause
• Training and development opportunities