Highways Maintenance Operative Apprentice
AMEY SERVICES LIMITED
About the Role
<p>We are excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for a Highways Maintenance Apprentice to join our Sheffield Local Authority account based in Sheffield.</p>
- As a Highways Operative Apprentice, your every day will be different! One day, you might be working on installing new signs and poles, the next you might be working on minor civil works like cycle stands, new road markings or ditching
- Routine and cyclic maintenance activities
- Minor civil and drainage works
- Carriageway patching
- Maintain high technical standards
- Attend project and work briefings as required
- To drive/operate 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
If you do not have GCSE/functional skills qualifications, you must achieve a minimum of entry level 3 in Maths and English during initial assessment.
Full UK driving license. Applicants must be at least 18 years of age to be eligible for consideration, due to the nature of the work associated with this account. Please note that successful applicants will be required to undergo random drug and alcohol testing in line with our commitment to maintaining a safe and compliant working environment.
Throughout your programme, you will receive first-class mentoring and a structured learning and development programme to enable your professional and personal development.
About the Training
As part of your apprenticeship, you will be enrolled onto a Highways Maintenance Skilled Operative level 2 apprenticeship which will take approximately 21 months to complete. You will be fully supported by our partnered college to achieve this qualification, having 1-2-1 advice and support, e-learning materials, and a whole team of experts on hand for advice and technical knowledge at your office.
About the Employer
Amey is a leading infrastructure services and engineering company. Our 11,000 people are behind the critical services the country relies on every day and we each take personal pride in our public service. Our unique engineering and operations experience, together with data driven insight from our consulting business, delivers better results for our clients. We are trusted partners of Government – both national and local – managing assets and complex projects that are vital to the country.
Skills Required
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Training Provider
CONSTRUCTION AND PLANT ASSESSMENTS LTD
Course/Training
Highways maintenance skilled operative (level 2)