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Roadworker

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Job Description

General maintenance of the Cumbrian road/street infrastructure.

Requirements

  • Full UK Driving licence
  • Trained for sector scheme 12 B and 12 C desirable
  • LGV Class C desirable
  • Certificated Plant Operator desirable
  • Winter maintenance drivers desirable
  • CSCS cardholder
  • Some experience in highway maintenance operations
  • Good level of communication skills
  • Ability to attend site based training to improve general skills and Health and Safety training
  • Knowledge of traffic management and Chapter 8 for road works desired
  • Work in inclement weather
  • Working with small tools & plant

Responsibilities

  • Installation of temporary traffic management on all road types with mobile lane closures
  • Traffic management on single carriageway, using traffic lights
  • Static traffic management
  • Repairs to boundary fencing
  • Installing traffic signs
  • Ditch clearing and minor drainage works
  • Participation in the Winter maintenance operations which involve gritting, ploughing and patrolling
  • Emergency call outs
  • Mixing and laying material such as cement and bituminous
  • Operate light plant and power tools
  • Some minor civil works e.g. patching, kerbing, flagging, block paving, surfacing, drainage, walling etc
  • Barrier works
  • Driving Gully vehicle on the public highway in a safe and courteous manner
  • Emptying/clearing and cleansing gullies
  • Ditch clearing and minor drainage works
  • Working in a safe and efficient manager abiding by relevant safety regulations
  • Completion of documentation associated with the position
  • Assist in other duties which may reasonably be expected

Amey is a leading provider of public services for local and central government, education, rail, strategic highways and private sectors.  Our services are wide-ranging and there is a good chance that, at some point today, you will come across our work: our services reach across every aspect of life, from the offices where you work and the road and rail infrastructure that gets you there, to the streets where you live and the schools where your children are educated.

We have around 10,000 people at more than 200 locations across the United Kingdom and Ireland, and a turnover of over £1 billion.  

Amey seeks to recruit a workforce as diverse as the community it serves.

Additional Information

Type: Full Time, Permanent
Salary:  7.75 – 9.82 GBP  per hour, up to £9.82 per hour
Job Category: Installation/Maintenance/Repair