Highways Operative - Nantwich, United Kingdom - Ringway Jacobs

Ringway Jacobs

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Nantwich, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

Highways Operative

Location:
Nantwich, CW5 6BJ

Full Time: 40 hours per week
We are working alongside a market leader in the highways industry to recruit a Highways Operative.

The main purpose of the role is to assist, generally as part of a team, in delivering highway maintenance and construction works.

Essex Highways is responsible for managing and maintaining one of the largest highway networks in the country: 5,000 miles of roads and around 5,000 miles of footways.

Essex Highways is a delivery partnership between Essex County Council and our contractual partner.

The Role

Work as part of the highway maintenance operational team.
Carry out a variety of skilled tasks including carriageway, footway, drainage maintenance, soft estate maintenance works (e.g. grass cutting, strimming etc) and minor civils works.
Ensure that all works are completed safely.
Receive daily briefings and understand risks and control measures required for the task.
Complete daily record sheets and associated documents
Ensure that works are completed to the required standard and within required timescales
Report safety concerns
Ensure waste is dealt with in the appropriate manner
Participate in outofhours winter maintenance and emergency response activities on a rota basis.

About You

Highway's maintenance experience.
A current, valid driving licence is essential.
Able to carry out basic safety, quality and environmental audits and risk assessments.
Able to take responsibility for traffic management, 12 A/B Traffic Management.
Demonstrable awareness of environmental aspects and impacts and waste management.
Understands and behaves safely, encourages others to behave safely and helps develop new safety processes.
Ability to deal effectively with peers, client representatives and the general public.
Demands and delivers high standards, has a passion for customer service that challenges poor service delivery.
Take personal responsibility for work produced, makes decisions and provides detailed solutions when escalating decisions upwards.
Able to give clear instruction, provide mentoring for apprentices and trainees as required.
Good communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with customers both internally and externally.