Apprentice Highways Maintenance Operative

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

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

• 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