We're looking for a Highways Maintenance Operative AaA (Attend and Assess) to join our Transportation Team based in Fareham, Hampshire. Within this role, you can enjoy a competitive hourly rate and annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave, a huge range of deals and discounts at many of your favourite brands. We also offer 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family and more. 

Can you imagine a world without roads or bridges? Neither can we! Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Transportation and make a difference to the high-speed road network by connecting people.

Location: Fareham, Hampshire

Business Area: Transportation

Contract: Permanent, 48 hours per week with a shift pattern of 4-on 4-off 12hr day/night shift system including weekends and bank holidays

Salary: £12.60 - £15.34 per hour + benefits

Responsibilities

As a Highways Maintenance Operative, you'll be working as part of a team to maintain the efficient and timely delivery of the operational requirements for a designated area of the network. You'll also be the single point of contact (Network Hub) out of hours to ensure the safe deployment of operatives working on the network.

Your day to day will include:

• Part of the response team, promptly dealing with incidents and emergency works on the network as directed by National Highway
• Carry out daily checks of labour plant and materials sheet and ensure efficient utilisation
• Work closely with team members to actively promote Health and Safety in the workplace, setting a good example to other employees and ensuring awareness of Health and Safety compliance
• Assist with the deployment of other resources to incident scenes as required. Perform other duties as may from time to time be reasonably required
• Support with the delivery of Severe weather where required
• Deliver routine maintenance task as required

What are we looking for?

This role of Highways Maintenance Operative is great for you if:

• Capable of working under pressure within a safety critical role
• Full driving licence
• Ability to work as a member of a team
• Capable of working with minimal supervision

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with criminal convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's criminal record or the details of any offences disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier