Highways Maintenance Operative in Birmingham

We're looking for a Highways Maintenance Operative to join our team based in Thimble Mill Lane Depot, Aston, Birmingham.

Location: Thimble Mill Lane Depot, Aston, Birmingham B7 5HR
Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Salary: £28,000 to £33,000 per annum depending on experience and qualifications

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

Join our team and play a vital role in maintaining and improving our highways infrastructure. This is an excellent opportunity to work collaboratively with a supportive team, delivering essential services that keep our communities safe and connected. You'll be empowered to develop your skills while making a real difference to the roads and streets people use every day.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Highways Maintenance Operative, you'll be working within the highways team, supporting them in delivering high-quality maintenance services. Your day to day will include:

• Installing and repairing street furniture including bollards, street name plates and guardrails
• Undertaking highways maintenance work and civil works as required
• Participating in winter maintenance and emergency call out duties
• Completing vehicle checks, risk assessments and maintaining accurate records
• Ensuring health and safety compliance to protect yourself, your team and the public

What are we looking for?

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

• You hold a full driving licence
• You have knowledge of highways works
• You work collaboratively and enjoy building effective relationships with colleagues and clients
• You're thorough and disciplined in your approach to delivering quality work
• You're committed to working safely and ethically at all times

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. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.