Highways Maintenance Operative Apprentice

• 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, correctly filling in the defect proforma electronically.
• 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. 

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. 
Join our vibrant, inclusive community in Area 10 working on diverse projects that make a real positive impact across the UK.   
Amey is working in partnership with Highways England, to provide maintenance and response services for more than 300 miles of strategic road network in the Northwest, connecting the cities of Manchester, Liverpool and the surrounding areas.  
Responsible for incident response, winter maintenance services, and severe weather delivery, the teams will oversee traffic management during incidents on some of the region’s busiest motorways: the M6, M56 and M62. 

Permanent employment for the successful candidate after completion of the apprenticeship.