Apprentice Highways Maintenance Operative

Summary

At Amey, we don’t just offer jobs, we offer opportunities to build fulfilling careers. As one of the top 1% of employers recognised by Investors in People, we are committed to your professional growth & wellbeing. We are excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for a Level 2 Highways Maintenance Operative Apprentice to join our dynamic Area 12 team.

Wage: £23,926 a year
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Training course: Highways maintenance skilled operative (level 2)
Hours: Monday - Friday, 7.30am - 3.30pm.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
Possible start date: Monday 1 September
Duration: 1 year 9 months
Positions available: 1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

Highways maintenance workers are tasked with working on roads, highways, and rights-of-way which can be accessed by the public. Day-to-day tasks may include:

Carriageway patching.
Maintaining high technical standards.
Attending project and work briefings.
Driving/operating vehicles/plant requiring general and specialist skills including vehicle checks, routine maintenance, (e.g. oil and water checks etc) and cleaning
All aspects of highway maintenance works including routine and cyclic maintenance activities, minor civils’ works, litter picking, etc
Winter maintenance operations.
Emergency call out operations.
Taking responsibility for the safety of yourself and others within your team to ensure compliance with relevant health and safety legislation and safe operation to protect member of the public.
Carrying out vehicle checks prior to shift starting, correctly filling in defect books.
Recording of Drivers hours
Allocation and capturing time and resource utilisation in line with operated allocation system.
To keep records, complete all necessary paperwork, communicate, and liaise with other employees of Amey, sub-contractors, the emergency services, the police, the public, clients and customers.
Routine and cyclic maintenance activities.

Where you’ll work

Broughton, Motorway Maintenance Compound,

Ermine Street,

Brigg

DN20 0AQ

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

CONSTRUCTION AND PLANT ASSESSMENTS LTD

Your training course

Highways maintenance skilled operative (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents

Apply appropriate health, safety and environment procedures when working on the road
Plan and undertake work practice productively when carrying out repairs to potholes, pavements and kerbs, and laying new surfaces on rural and urban roads
Read, interpret and work to drawings, specifications and highways information Highways information will include details on the use of safety barriers, cones, traffic flow and safety zones to work within, whilst employed on the highway
Use underground cable locators to identify buried water, gas, sewer lines or other utility services, and once identified excavate by hand around the line to stop any damage and disruption to services
Apply safe working practise for moving, storing, lifting and handling of resources
Excavation and reinstatement of the highway by carrying out maintenance and repairs, including removal of material within the road or road side using hand or power tools and reinstatement of the area using concrete, screeds, sub-base, aggregates or bituminous materials
Install Street Ironworks (drain access covers and frames and gully gates situated on the road) to given work instructions
Prepare and operate powered tools or pedestrian plant, machinery or equipment for use on roads. This will include machinery for generator™s, pumps, pedestrian operated plant (e.g. pushed roller), mixers, compressors and self“powered tools (pneumatic drill)
Prepare, set up and work within temporary traffic management (using cones and barriers to section off elements of the road from vehicles and pedestrians) on urban and rural roads, whilst excavating and re-instating the highway
Work with other sub-contractors on larger schemes (e.g. traffic management)

Your training plan

You will achieve the Level 2 Highways Maintenance Skilled Operative Apprenticeship Standard by attending CP Assessments Training Centre in Denaby Main, Doncaster to undertake 8 block-release training sessions (4 days), every 10-12 weeks.

The successful candidate will work towards Level 2 Functional Skills in both Maths and English if they have not achieved this prior or have an equivalent.

You will be registered for an Apprentice CSCS card which can be upgraded on successful completion of the apprenticeship.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade C / 4)
Maths (grade C / 4)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
Attention to detail
Problem solving skills
Team working
Physical fitness
full UK driving license

Other requirements

Due to the nature of the role a full UK driving license is required.

About this company

Amey is a leading provider of full life-cycle engineering, operation and decarbonisation solutions for UK infrastructure. We work in a variety of markets to keep people moving, thriving and support economic growth. For the last 100 years we have transformed the UK’s infrastructure. Join us and be involved in transforming it for the next 100 years.

https://careers.amey.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

Generous pension scheme. Minimum 24 days holiday, plus bank holidays & opportunity to buy a further 5 days! Benefits Package - including cycle to work scheme & gym membership Exclusive discounts with leading retailers, healthcare services & more.

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

This is a fantastic opportunity for the successful candidate to start their career with a highly reputable and well-established company.
Progression within the organisation with more responsibility is expected on successful completion of the apprenticeship.
In time, you may wish to undertake further qualifications such as Occupational Work Supervision which can be studied at Level 3.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CONSTRUCTION AND PLANT ASSESSMENTS LTD

LEAH JACKSON

leah.jackson@cpassessments.co.uk

01709 868181

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000299744.

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