Highways Maintenance Operative

About the Role

Highways Maintenance Operatives are essential for maintaining safe and efficient roads, reducing accidents, and ensuring smooth traffic flow. Their work minimises vehicle emissions, prevents flooding, and keeps roads clear during winter. Litter picking also enhances the environment and public spaces. In this role you will be involved in routine and cyclic maintenance, minor civils work, litter picking, and winter emergency call‑outs and standby duties. The position requires carrying out a variety of highway maintenance tasks, operating HGVs and small plant machinery, and participating in both winter and summer standby duties. Safety is a top priority and accurate record‑keeping, paperwork and communication with Amey staff, sub‑contractors, emergency services and customers are essential. The role supports the overall goal of keeping the road network safe and functional. • Perform carriageway and footway patching, kerbing, ironwork replacement, and drainage maintenance. • Operate and maintain HGVs and small plant machinery, completing checks and routine maintenance. • Participate in winter and summer standby duties, including emergency call‑outs. • Ensure personal and team safety in all activities. • Keep accurate records, complete paperwork, and liaise with Amey staff, sub‑contractors, emergency services, police, clients, and customers.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸road patching
• ▸drainage
• ▸hgv operation
• ▸plant machinery
• ▸winter standby
• ▸safety

What You Bring

Candidates should have experience in roads or street works and hold a full UK driving licence; an HGV licence is preferred but not essential. An awareness of health and safety regulations and the ability to work self‑motivated and collaboratively within a team are required. Previous winter maintenance experience is desirable. • Experience in roads and/or street works. • Full UK driving licence (HGV preferred but not essential). • Awareness of health and safety regulations and compliance. • Self‑motivated with ability to work collaboratively in a team. • Previous winter maintenance experience (desired).

Requirements

• ▸roads
• ▸uk licence
• ▸health safety
• ▸self‑motivated
• ▸teamwork
• ▸winter maintenance

Benefits

We have new opportunities for Highways Maintenance Operatives to join our M8 Account in Glasgow. This is a full‑time permanent role working 39 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8 am–4.30 pm (3.30 pm on Fridays) with occasional night‑shift, offering a competitive salary and overtime. Amey offers a competitive salary with annual reviews, clear career progression, and fully funded training programmes. Employees benefit from a generous pension scheme, at least 24 days holiday plus bank holidays (with the option to buy five more days), flexible benefits such as additional leave, cycle‑to‑work schemes, charitable giving, and gym memberships, as well as exclusive retail discounts and two paid volunteering days per year. Amey values diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all backgrounds. As a Disability Confident leader, we will offer an interview to applicants with a disability who meet the minimum requirements and can provide adjustments during the recruitment process if needed. • Competitive salary with potential annual review. • Clear career growth and advancement opportunities. • Fully funded training and professional development programmes. • Generous pension scheme with company contributions. • Minimum 24 days holiday plus bank holidays, with option to purchase 5 extra days. • Flexible benefits such as additional leave, cycle‑to‑work scheme, charitable giving, and gym membership. • Access to exclusive discounts and two paid volunteering days per year.

Work Environment

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