Job Description
We Are St Helens Borough Council.
Located in the heart of the Northwest close to Liverpool, Manchester and Lancashire, St Helens is a transformational Council which is passionate and ambitious for the communities we support. We provide a wide range of local authority services to the residents, businesses, schools, and visitors to the borough. We can only do this because of our highly valued, highly skilled workforce.
Working together, our workplace vision and values guide our organisation, and the contribution of our workforce is key to our culture journey. Employees with us receive a wide range of benefits including well-being in work, financial benefits, ways of working and learning and development support.
Making A Difference as A Road & Street Works Operative in the Place Services Directorate.
This is an exciting time to join our Highways and Infrastructure Team here in St Helens to help us drive forward and support the delivery of the Council’s ambitious Borough strategy. We want you to be part of our new team that is tasked with making us a leading highway authority, efficiently managing, maintaining, and improving our network and supporting economic growth.
With a recently adopted 5-year Highways Asset Management Strategy and a significantly uplifted funding settlement, now is the perfect time to join us and support the Council during one of its most exciting phases of development, regeneration, and growth.
With a maintenance programme exceeding £30m and some of the region’s biggest transport schemes underway, the highways service has never had a more integral role to play.
We are looking to recruit a Road & Street Works Operative who will be required to assist the Highways Maintenance Team with all aspects relating to the management, improvement, and maintenance of the Highway.
They should be experienced in highways maintenance and possess the relevant skills to undertake a wide range of reactive maintenance activities such as tarmac, flagging, kerbing, and drainage repairs as well as other associated highway works i.e., installation of street furniture, ironwork, ancillary item.
Minimum Requirements:
1. Current NRSWA qualification.
2. Knowledge of Chapter 8 signing, lighting, and guarding regulations.
3. Current driving licence (LGV (Category C) licence desirable).
Interested to Find Out More?
You can review our full job description details and person specification information here.
You are also welcome to contact us for a chat before applying by contacting Geoff Caine, Highways Maintenance Manager, on 01744 676733 or Gary Thompson, Engineer – Reactive Highways Maintenance on 01744 676409.
Thank you for your interest in working for us. If you are experiencing issues with applying online, you can contact a member of the team at Recruitment@sthelens.gov.uk and a form will be sent to you to complete.
Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early should we receive a sufficient number of applications and encourage you to apply early, to avoid disappointment.
Equality & Diversity
St Helens Borough Council respects and values the individuality that every employee brings. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation. Further information about Equality & Diversity at St Helens Borough Council can be found here Equality & Diversity.
St Helens Council is a Disability Confident Employer. This means that the Council guarantees an interview to disabled applicants who demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria for the job, as detailed on the Person Specification, and will, for qualifying disabled candidates, make reasonable adjustments within the interview/selection process.
NOLAN Principles of Conduct in Public Life
All Council employees are required to abide by the ethical standards embodied by the 7 Nolan Principles: Selflessness, Integrity, Objectivity, Accountability, Openness, Honesty, and Leadership.
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