Trainee Highways Maintenance Operative
Milestone Infrastructure, Rushington, New Forest
Trainee Highways Maintenance Operative
Salary Not Specified
Milestone Infrastructure, Rushington, New Forest
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 1 week ago, 11 Dec | Get your application in now before you're too late!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 45dc436834d545e3b33ae64a4cdc2609
Full Job Description
- Assist with highways maintenance activities, under supervision until trained
- Support Winter Service, including gritter operation (training provided)
- Assist with preparation and maintenance of vehicles including keeping vehicles clean, tidy and correctly loaded
- Supporting weather related or emergency events such as e.g. flooding prevention, sandbag/salt wick filling and deployment, clearing debris from the highway, emergency road closures and diversions
- Maintain accurate records e.g. Timesheets, job stock and materials, feedback notes, perrmits
- Supporting emergency and weather-related events e.g. road closures, diversions, flooding prevention and debris clearance.
If you're eager to learn, have a positive attitude and enjoy working outdoors, this is an excellent opportunity to join the leading company within the Highways sector., A full UK driving licence (essential) - Experience working outdoors in a manual role (not essential)
- Willingness to work towards gaining CSCS card (training provided)
- Proactive attitude and good communication
Milestone Infrastructure are officially the UK's number 1 highways maintenance contractor for local roads, responsible for 48,000 kilometres of road and over 300,000 street lights. In this role you will be part of our Depot Operations team undertaking a variety of duties including pothole repairs, excavation works, laying & levelling kerbs, slabs and bitumen macadam, drainage and gully installations, vegetation management and many other Highways activities. Training will be provided to help you gain the necessary skills and certificates for the role including but not limited to LGC Class C (Cat C) driving license and Winter Service training., 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 contact us at [email protected] or inform the recruitment manager in the first instance and we will be pleased to offer support. This is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Milestone. The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the Business. - 25 Days Holiday + 8 Bank Holidays
- Generous Pension scheme / Life assurance
- LGV / HGV Driver / NRSWA Training
- Overtime / Out of hours / Standby bonus / Winter service
- Referral scheme/Holiday purchase scheme / Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount platform