About this role
Highways Maintenance Operative
We're looking for a Highways Maintenance Operative to join our Thermal Repairs / Road Marking 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 - Days or Nights
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 repairing our highway network. As a Highways Maintenance Operative, you'll be working hands-on with specialist equipment to deliver high-quality road repairs and road marking services. This is a great opportunity to develop your skills in a supportive environment where your contribution really makes a difference to the communities we serve.
What will you be responsible for?
As a Highways Maintenance Operative, you'll be working within the Thermal Repairs / Road Marking team, supporting them in maintaining roads to high technical standards. Your day to day will include:
- Repairing carriageway surface defects using hot applied materials and specialist equipment
- Maintaining road markings and installing specialist surface applications to high standards
- Operating specialist road repair and lining vehicles, including routine maintenance and vehicle checks
- Participating in winter maintenance operations and emergency call out duties
- Ensuring health and safety compliance, completing risk assessments, and maintaining accurate records
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 enjoy working collaboratively with teams, clients and stakeholders to reach innovative solutions
- You are trusted to deliver what you promise, acting safely and ethically at all times
- You are clear and focused in your approach, being disciplined and thorough in how you work
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