OP6 Ganger/Team Leader
Contract: Cheshire East Highways
Location: Congleton
Contract Type: Permanent
We’re looking for a skilled and motivated Highways Operative to join our highway maintenance operational team. In this role, you’ll take responsibility for delivering a range of highway maintenance activities — including carriageway and footway repairs, drainage works, soft estate maintenance (such as grass cutting and strimming), and minor civils works like kerbing, paving, and signage installation.
The Role
•Work as part of the highway maintenance operational team.
•Manage and direct a small highway maintenance team.
•Carry out and take responsibility for a variety of skilled tasks including carriageway, footway, drainage maintenance, soft estate maintenance works (e.g. grass cutting, strimming etc) and minor civils works (e.g. setting out, paving, kerb installation, signage works etc.)
•Ensure that all works are completed safely.
•Receive daily briefings and understand risks and control measures required for the task to communicate to other members of the team.
About You
•Highway’s maintenance experience.
•A current, valid driving licence is essential, with LGV class 2 as desirable.
•Able to carry out safety, quality and environmental audits and risk assessments.
•Able to take responsibility for traffic management, 12 A/B Traffic Management.
•A good understanding of health and safety and its impact on the workplace.
Benefits
At Ringway Jacobs we recognise that our people make the difference, and in order to do what we do well, particular care is taken in nurturing and investing in our people. That’s why you will always be given the opportunity to utilise your expertise and develop your career.
Ringway Jacobs recognises the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements across many of our roles. We therefore welcome applications from people looking for an alternative working pattern e.g. part-time hours, job share etc. Please let us know on your CV or cover letter if this is what you are looking for.
In return for your hard work you will receive:
- Sick Pay
- Competitive salary
- Opportunity to purchase up to 5 days extra leave
- A variety of discounts through our “RJ Rewards” app, including restaurants, holidays, days out etc
- Life Assurance
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Pension scheme
The Company
We are Ringway Jacobs, a leading highways service provider working with local authorities across the UK. Formed in 2005, specifically to provide road network management solutions to local government, our unique blend of engineering capability, innovation and customer care make us the best in class. We support over 10,000 miles of highways, 10,000 miles of footway, almost 7,800 miles of public rights of way and 242,000 street lights. We excel in delivering safe, sustainable service excellence, through our passion, integrity and collaborative culture.
Ringway Jacobs is an equal opportunities employer. We wish to ensure equality of opportunity in employment and the fair treatment of all our employees.