Your New Role

We have a fantastic opportunity for a permanent Highways Maintenance Operative with valid driving license to join our Kent County Council account in Haysden.

The starting salary for this position is £11 up to £14 per hour depending on your experience, qualifications, and valid certificates. Overtime is available at x 1.5 rate. Bank holidays are also paid at higher rate.

Amey has been working in partnership with Kent County Council since 2013, with a team of 150 operatives we deliver a full range of highways maintenance services from road and footway repairs and improvement schemes to gritting.

We provide 24-hour emergency cover for any incidents on the road network as well as investment in the highway’s infrastructure.

By investing in local infrastructure, we aim to improve the county’s highways, benefiting the community and people by keeping the towns and cities moving.

Highway Maintenance Operative plays an important part to help towns and cities moving. You will support in all aspects of highway maintenance works including routine and cyclical maintenance, minor civils’ works and the installation of low-speed temporary traffic management. In addition, you will have the chance to be involved in winter and emergency call out work.

The standard hours of work are 40 hours per week.

Work-life balance and flexibility are key for our success. We empower our people to make choices that are right for them, with hybrid, part-time and flexible work patterns. And with a network of offices across the UK, we’re open to discussing working options that suit you.

You will be responsible for:

• Driving and operating vehicles/plant which require general and specialist skills; this duty includes daily vehicle/plant checks prior to shift starting, routine and cyclic maintenance activities such as EG oil and water checks etc.
• Ensure the satisfactory completion of work in accordance with instructions and compliant with Amey’s Health and Safety At Work requirements, as well as Health and Safety legislation
• Allocation and capturing time and resource utilisation in line with operated allocation system
• Footway and carriageway patching, kerbing works, ironworks, minor civils’ works and drainage
• Winter maintenance operations which includes undertaking winter and emergency call out and standby
• Communicate and liaise with other employees of Amey, sub-contractors, the emergency services, the police, the general public, clients and customers

What makes this role unique is an excellent opportunity for a career growth as we offer upskilling and reskilling opportunities within the Amey.

We want to hear from you if you have:

• Driving license
• Enthusiastic, hardworking, and self-motivated individuals with experience working in a fast paced, arduous, outdoor environment
• Ability to work under challenging weather conditions
• Effective team worker with good communication and problem-solving skills (ToolBox Talk)
• Ensure the satisfactory completion of work in accordance with instructions and compliant with Amey’s Health and Safety At Work requirements

Ideal candidate will hold valid and clear C1/HGV class C driving license and CPC qualification with experience within the highway maintenance, street work or groundwork maintenance.

In addition to this, it would be desirable if you have NRSWA accreditation to help you hit the ground running, although this is not essential as we will provide you with the required development you need to bring you up to speed.

What we offer you

When you join us, we can offer flexibility, career development, a choice of benefits and support that help you through all life’s ups and downs. It’s the reason why Investors in People put us among the top 1% of employers and we have a competitive reward and benefits program:

• Career Development - Exceptional development and progression plan
• Pension – Generous Pension scheme which we will contribute to
• Holidays - Minimum 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• Choices - Our flexible benefits scheme is tailored by you, including buying additional annual leave, cycle2work scheme, charity giving and gym membership
• Save with Amey - Our online voucher portal gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in. It includes healthcare, free GP service, dental vouchers
• Social Value - You’ll get 2 Community Involvement Days each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice and further opportunities to support fundraising initiatives

We embrace difference and support individuals to work in ways that work best for them.

We are committed to working sustainably and by working in partnership with the communities we serve, so people and the planet are protected.

At Amey, you have freedom to perform because we know if nothing holds you back, together, we can be extraordinary.

Who is Amey?

• We are at the heart of modern Britain, helping the economy to grow by designing, maintaining, and transforming the nation’s strategic assets.

• Our 11,000 people are behind the critical services the country relies on every day.

• Our unique engineering and operations experience, together with data driven insight from our consulting business, delivers better results for our clients.

• We are trusted partners of Government – both national and local – managing assets and complex projects that are vital to the sustainable growth of the country.

To find out more take a look at our website www.amey.co.uk

Application Guidance

Amey is committed to Inclusion and Diversity. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Please contact our recruitment team at peopleservices@amey.co.uk to discuss any access needs and reasonable adjustments that may be required at any point during the recruitment process.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the closing date should we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Apply today – We are excited to hear from you!