Highways Operative - Morecambe, United Kingdom - Lancashire County Council

Lancashire County Council

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Morecambe, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Salary £21,968 - £24,054 Per annum | Full time | Permanent | 37 hours per week |Carlton Depot | Lancaster |

Caton Depot LA2 9QN (but may be required to work at various Locations throughout Lancashire)

Lancashire Highway Operations is responsible for the direct delivery of all highway related schemes across the County made up of 4300 miles of road, 151,000 street lights and 2955 bridges

We have an exciting opportunity for two enthusiastic Chargehands required to be part of a team assisting with the provision of maintenance and construction of roads, footways, drainage systems and associated street scene works within the guidelines of a safe working environment.

This will be an opportunity to support the maintenance and enhancement of the highway network and provide long term benefits for residents, visitors and businesses in Lancashire.

Specifically the role involves driving and operating vehicles, plant and machinery including mechanical excavators, powered light plant such as concrete mixers, portable pumps, portable traffic lights, hydraulic breakers, cut off saws, ride on rollers, pedestrian rollers, compactor plates, preparing and laying materials including asphalt, concrete, kerbs and paving units to maintain and improve the highway network.

Compliance with site plans and health and safety legislation and completing records on hand held IT equipment.

We also require someone who can commit to taking part in out of hours emergency call out and winter maintenance standby.

This role will primarily focus on delivering the Authority's revenue and capital drainage programme of works, other types of work including maintenance schemes including road reconstruction and associated drainage and kerbing works, highway and footway re-surfacing schemes and general highway maintenance including reactive pothole and masonry repairs.

The post holder may be required to work on other aspects of highways schemes as directed.

As this role involves working on the highway network, we also require someone with an awareness of Health and Safety Legislation pertaining to highways maintenance and traffic management.

As part of our commitment on continuous improvement, how we deliver our service is regularly reviewed. Therefore, job roles may change, and post holder may be required to work elsewhere within the service.

For more information please contact Matthew Holmes on

In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.

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