United Kingdom Corridor 🛡️ UK Work Eligibility 🏢 Company - Private

Highway Operative

🏢 Eurovia UK • 📍 Plymouth, England • 🕒 1 day ago

Salary Range

£17,910 - £21,341

£1,493 - £1,778 / mo

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Location Base

Plymouth, England

Tier-1 UK Economic Zone

Est. Take-Home Pay

68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)

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Transatlantic Parity

1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard

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Position Overview & Specifications

Highway Operative (VN2982)

Business Area: Highways Operatives

Vacancy Base: Plymouth

County: Devon

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 40

South West Highways is a regional employer that maintains the friendly feel of a local business. A highway services and construction business with a highly trained workforce, which is our greatest asset, enabling us to operate a self delivery model.. As testament to our success, we have managed two of the longest running highway maintenance and repair contracts in the UK and are entrusted by private and public sector clients to deliver their vision for expanding capacity and improving local services.

Activities of the team/department that this role will operate in;

Working within a gang to deliver scheme and Term Maintenance operations, which include Drainage, Footways, Surfacing, Tarmacing

Formal qualifications required;

Traffic Management
Lantra
Streetworks Machine Operations 360 - Dumper - Roller

Experience required;

Good experience in Highways Maintenance

Personal qualities;

Able to work as part of a team
Good time keeper
Flexible
Hard working

We understand that retaining and attracting the right people into our business is fundamental to maintaining the quality of service we provide to our clients and the wider public. We believe in empowering our employees and equipping them with the tools and training they need to be effective in their jobs, as well as enabling them to achieve their personal and professional goals. Our people are our strength and we believe passionately in investing in their future.

We have a dedicated recruitment team and politely request that agencies refrain from contacting anyone across our businesses with regards to speculative CV’s or offering to assist with our vacancies, thank you.

South West Highways recognises the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements across many of our roles.