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Highways Operative

M Group Services

Highways Operative

Salary Not Specified

M Group Services, Stapleford, Cambridgeshire

  • Part time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 2 weeks ago, 1 May | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: aa4b22726dec468a84e765f714c3b3f0

Full Job Description

  • 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 Cambridgeshire Highway Services network


    • Skills and 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


    • Desirable:
  • LGV/HGV Class C - training will be given

    • New Roads and Street Works (NRSWA) Operative Accreditation
  • CSCS


    • 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 inform the recruitment manager in the first instance and we will be pleased to offer support.

    We also welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need. Anyone who applies for a role can ask about flexibility at interview, whether this is part-time working or any other alternative. In return, we will explore what is possible for the role.

    21 days' annual leave plus 8 days' bank holiday
    Out of hours / Call out (Overtime)
    Pension scheme
    Life Assurance
    Personal Accident Insurance
    Ongoing training & development
    HGV / LGV Driver training