Highways Operative
21 hours ago
Abingdon
About The Role Right across infrastructure, theres a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage youre at in your career, with us youll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in afriendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive. Where will you be working? M Group Highways At M Group Highways, were supporting the safe transportation and movement of people across the UK. We dont just build roads and bridges- were building a better future, creating lasting social value that gives back to the communities in which we work. Youll be joining our Highways maintenance team, as the UKs number one highway maintenance contractor, our teams use the latest innovations to create effective solutions. We offer a range of services including planned and reactive maintenance and highway improvement schemes. Want to come and be a part of it? What will you be doing? You'll be doing road maintenance and repairs -Carrying out routine and emergency repairs on roads, pavements, and highways, including pothole filling, resurfacing, and patching. Traffic management, where you will be installing and maintaining temporary traffic management systems such as cones, signs, barriers, and lights to ensure safety during works. We'll ask you to following all relevant health and safety regulations, wearing appropriate PPE, and ensuring safe working practices on site. You'll be doing vegetation Management, by cutting back overgrown vegetation, hedges, and trees near highways to maintain visibility and safety. Use and Maintenance of Equipment when operating machinery such as rollers, excavators, and breakers, and ensuring tools and equipment are maintained and stored correctly. What youll bring • Maintenance knowledge -Understanding of materials, tools, and techniques used in surfacing, kerbing, and drainage, • Plant & Machinery Operation -Ability to safely operate equipment like rollers, excavators, and breakers, • Health & Safety Awareness -Strong understanding of site safety, PPE use, and risk assessments, • Teamwork -Works effectively with colleagues, supervisors, and contractors, • Communication -Clear verbal communication for reporting hazards, following instructions, and liaising with the public., • Matched or contributory pension scheme, • Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, • Employee assistance programme, • My Rewards portal, access to 1000s of retail discounts, • Life assurance, • Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes, • Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave, • Reward and recognition scheme In addition, this role offers;, • Incremental holiday scheme starts at 21 days, • Recommend a friend get rewarded for introducing people to us!, • Holiday purchase scheme, • Personal Accident Cover, • Wereresponsibleand go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet, • Wereopenand seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations, • Weretogetherand as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts #MGroupH JTRA1_UKTJ