Breedon Group plc
Cupar, Fife
Are you interested in the built environment? Do you enjoy working outdoors? Are you often curious about how things are made and why things work? If so, perhaps working as a surfacing operative is your career call. Earn as you learn, combining study for an SVQ in Highways Maintenance and Roadbuilding Maintenance (Construction) in Scotland, with industry experience at the largest independent construction materials group in the UK. Breedon is a home for inquisitive learners. Quarries, cement, and construction are no longer old-fashioned sectors. We're providing the foundation for our lives, building the places where we live and work, play and in-between. Interested in ? Being paid to study; earn as you learn, without having to 'work the time back'. SVQ in highways maintenance and road building Full company funding of any fees for qualifications and training No need to buy your own kit or any work equipment; it's all on us. A competitive salary significantly higher than the national minimum wage for apprentices Support from a community of apprentices; a collaborative and comprehensive induction A huge variety of potential career progression pathways at a stable, thriving business. As an Apprentice Surfacing Operative, you'll support the vital need to be involved in the surfacing, resurfacing and improvement of vast stretches of roads and the highway network. You will help with the removal of old roads and surfaces, preparing for the new surface, complete inspections, and testing of the new surfaces. You will learn how to operate a wide range of specialist plant machinery such as rollers and spreaders. This is a 24/7 operation so flexibility to working hours is key. There will be 2 weeks of block training, which could be residential, depending on where you live. Breedon will cover the costs of any accommodation, travel and meals. If you're one to tiptoe around puddles with trepidation, maybe this role isn't for you. You won't be spending every day in a clean, corporate office swivelling on an office chair! If you have a natural affinity with the great outdoors, in all weathers, then now we're talking! Do you offer ? National 4 in Maths & English desirable although not essential. Basic IT skills to use work systems e.g. excel, work, etc. Enthusiasm for working in the great outdoors. A full UK Driving Licence - during your apprenticeship with us, we want you to experience and see everything we have to offer so you will need to be flexible to travel to other sites. The desire to get stuck in and work as part of a team. Flexibility with your working hours and be able to work nights and weekends. The ability to work away from home with possible overnight stays. You will need to be a minimum age of 18 (by July 2026). In joining us, you won't be thrown in the deep end or treated like just a number; you'll work in a close-knit team, with someone always on hand to offer help. Why Breedon ? Here's what one of our existing employees want to tell you Jorden, a Mobile Plant Operative based in Longwater, East Anglia. "I didn't need any previous experience within the field and have been given all the help and support that I need to do well within my role. I had gotten to the age where I no longer wanted just a job but a career, and I really feel that I have found that within Breedon. Now I am working in this industry, I can't imagine wanting to do anything else."Additional benefits for this role include: A competitive salary Pension 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays on top Share Saver Scheme Life Assurance Access to our employee benefits platform, giving you discounts on a wide variety of high street shops and brands. Broad learning opportunities and career progression pathways. Interested? Click apply. We look forward to hearing from you.
Are you interested in the built environment? Do you enjoy working outdoors? Are you often curious about how things are made and why things work? If so, perhaps working as a surfacing operative is your career call. Earn as you learn, combining study for an SVQ in Highways Maintenance and Roadbuilding Maintenance (Construction) in Scotland, with industry experience at the largest independent construction materials group in the UK. Breedon is a home for inquisitive learners. Quarries, cement, and construction are no longer old-fashioned sectors. We're providing the foundation for our lives, building the places where we live and work, play and in-between. Interested in ? Being paid to study; earn as you learn, without having to 'work the time back'. SVQ in highways maintenance and road building Full company funding of any fees for qualifications and training No need to buy your own kit or any work equipment; it's all on us. A competitive salary significantly higher than the national minimum wage for apprentices Support from a community of apprentices; a collaborative and comprehensive induction A huge variety of potential career progression pathways at a stable, thriving business. As an Apprentice Surfacing Operative, you'll support the vital need to be involved in the surfacing, resurfacing and improvement of vast stretches of roads and the highway network. You will help with the removal of old roads and surfaces, preparing for the new surface, complete inspections, and testing of the new surfaces. You will learn how to operate a wide range of specialist plant machinery such as rollers and spreaders. This is a 24/7 operation so flexibility to working hours is key. There will be 2 weeks of block training, which could be residential, depending on where you live. Breedon will cover the costs of any accommodation, travel and meals. If you're one to tiptoe around puddles with trepidation, maybe this role isn't for you. You won't be spending every day in a clean, corporate office swivelling on an office chair! If you have a natural affinity with the great outdoors, in all weathers, then now we're talking! Do you offer ? National 4 in Maths & English desirable although not essential. Basic IT skills to use work systems e.g. excel, work, etc. Enthusiasm for working in the great outdoors. A full UK Driving Licence - during your apprenticeship with us, we want you to experience and see everything we have to offer so you will need to be flexible to travel to other sites. The desire to get stuck in and work as part of a team. Flexibility with your working hours and be able to work nights and weekends. The ability to work away from home with possible overnight stays. You will need to be a minimum age of 18 (by July 2026). In joining us, you won't be thrown in the deep end or treated like just a number; you'll work in a close-knit team, with someone always on hand to offer help. Why Breedon ? Here's what one of our existing employees want to tell you Jorden, a Mobile Plant Operative based in Longwater, East Anglia. "I didn't need any previous experience within the field and have been given all the help and support that I need to do well within my role. I had gotten to the age where I no longer wanted just a job but a career, and I really feel that I have found that within Breedon. Now I am working in this industry, I can't imagine wanting to do anything else."Additional benefits for this role include: A competitive salary Pension 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays on top Share Saver Scheme Life Assurance Access to our employee benefits platform, giving you discounts on a wide variety of high street shops and brands. Broad learning opportunities and career progression pathways. Interested? Click apply. We look forward to hearing from you.
Prestige Recruitment Specialists
Hull, Yorkshire
Highway Operative Monday to Friday These various positions are working for our valued client within the Street Scene department working on maintenance and repairs within all highways operations. PURPOSE: Assisting as an individual and / or part of a team in the construction, maintenance and repair of footways, verges and carriageway and other highway related items. To lead, supervise, mentor, train and support a team of road workers undertaking the safe and efficient delivery of maintenance and construction of improvement schemes for roads, footways, drainage, including surfacing to agreed standards and prescribed timescales, contributing to the overall defined programme of work activity, ensuring that all work streams are fully compliant with safety requirements and works are executed to the highest standards. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES: Please note decision making must be included within the Principal Accountabilities 1. Statutory Obligations - To comply with the current legal and regulatory requirements of the Highways Act, New Roads and Street Works Act, Health and Safety Act and other relevant legislation, codes of practice, stated safety policies, procedures and guidelines to ensure highways are fit for purpose and there is safe access, passage and efficient management of the highway. 2. To assist other road workers, as appropriate to ensure the timely completion of highway maintenance works, promote a positive image of the Council, participate in approved training as appropriate to the trade, and other duties as may be requested by supervision and which are of a similar nature. 3. The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and associated legislation places responsibilities for health and safety on Hull City Council, as your employer and you as an employee of the council. In addition to the Councils overall duties, the post holder has personal responsibility for their own health, safety and wellbeing and that of other employees; additional and more specific responsibilities are identified in the Council's Corporate H&S policy. 4. To excavate by hand or powered tools existing footways, verges and carriageways, kerbing, channels and drainage. To lay kerbs, channels and pipes, resetting ironwork and gully drains as well as to lay, spread (by hand / rake), level, and compact stone, coated materials, concrete, and bituminous material etc. to line and level in accordance with specifications, all under supervision. 5. To excavate by hand or powered tools existing footways, verges and carriageways, kerbing, channels and drainage. 6. To adjust / install highway ironwork and other street furniture as required. 7. To lay kerbs, channels and pipes, resetting ironwork and gully drains as well as to lay, spread (by hand / rake), level, and compact stone, coated materials, concrete, and bituminous material etc. to line and level in accordance with specifications. 8. To check and detect underground services; sign, barrier and cone to guard and protect the highway maintenance works in accordance with the requirement of the Health and Safety at Work Act and New Road and Streetworks Act with particular regard to the safety of colleagues and the travelling public. 9. To respond to emergency situations and carry out work as directed in order to reduce the impact on the public and the environment. 10. To use hand and powered tools, operate specialist equipment, and small and large plant, including using tools for detecting underground services, TractAir and other compressed air equipment in accordance with operating instructions, hire agreements and safe working procedures, and to keep these in safe condition, checking that equipment remains fit for purpose, and notifying the supervisor when damaged or requiring routine maintenance. 11 To be the recognised site operative in accordance with the new roads and street works legislation 12. To support the Highway Operations Supervisor and the highways' management team in all aspects of service delivery to ensure risks, quality and environmental issues are identified to drive productivity and promote efficiencies throughout all activities, and that these are managed to meet the right first time approach and performance targets. 13. To lead and actively participate in a team of road workers carrying out highway maintenance and construction activities using appropriate skills, knowledge and experience, including interpreting and use of specification / site drawings, operate hand and powered tools to carry out general construction tasks, including setting out, excavating, resetting ironwork, installing road signs, undertaking kerb and drainage works, laying aggregate, bituminous and concrete materials and pavers, and undertaking site clear up ensuring a timely completion of works. 14. To keep records, complete all necessary paperwork and update on-line systems to ensure that all materials are accurately measured, ordered and used in a safe and efficient manner. 15. To ensure all labour, plant and materials are correctly recorded, that it is used in accordance with the specification, and with minimal waste, and that plant and equipment is kept safe, secure and in good condition, including responsibility for daily maintenance . 16. Act as mentor provide on-site training to other less experienced road workers as directed and be responsible for the training of construction skills to Apprentice road workers. Brief gangs via tool box talks and safety briefings. 17. To ensure that the gang is provided with correct PPE, materials and traffic management equipment for the planned work, erecting, maintaining and removing appropriate signs and barriers, and that all follow safety rules and safe working practices for self, colleagues, pedestrians and vehicles. 18. To respond to emergency situations and carry out work as directed in order to reduce the impact on the public and the environment. 19. Communicate and liaise with public utility service companies to locate and protect their equipment in order to allow the work to be carried out safely and limit disruption promoting a positive image of the Council, and with co-workers, contractors, the emergency services, the police, the general public, clients and customers over work programming. 20. Occasionally, act as a temporary Highway Operations Supervisor in the absence of a designated supervisory office for this service area. Be the recognised site supervisor as required in accordance with the new roads and street works legislation. 21 Interpret technical drawings, bill of quantities and able to carry out basic setting out for line and level. Prestige Recruitment are an equal opportunities agency, working within strict employment guidelines. We have been working within the industry for over 30 years. If you are interested in applying for this role, please click apply.
Highway Operative Monday to Friday These various positions are working for our valued client within the Street Scene department working on maintenance and repairs within all highways operations. PURPOSE: Assisting as an individual and / or part of a team in the construction, maintenance and repair of footways, verges and carriageway and other highway related items. To lead, supervise, mentor, train and support a team of road workers undertaking the safe and efficient delivery of maintenance and construction of improvement schemes for roads, footways, drainage, including surfacing to agreed standards and prescribed timescales, contributing to the overall defined programme of work activity, ensuring that all work streams are fully compliant with safety requirements and works are executed to the highest standards. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES: Please note decision making must be included within the Principal Accountabilities 1. Statutory Obligations - To comply with the current legal and regulatory requirements of the Highways Act, New Roads and Street Works Act, Health and Safety Act and other relevant legislation, codes of practice, stated safety policies, procedures and guidelines to ensure highways are fit for purpose and there is safe access, passage and efficient management of the highway. 2. To assist other road workers, as appropriate to ensure the timely completion of highway maintenance works, promote a positive image of the Council, participate in approved training as appropriate to the trade, and other duties as may be requested by supervision and which are of a similar nature. 3. The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and associated legislation places responsibilities for health and safety on Hull City Council, as your employer and you as an employee of the council. In addition to the Councils overall duties, the post holder has personal responsibility for their own health, safety and wellbeing and that of other employees; additional and more specific responsibilities are identified in the Council's Corporate H&S policy. 4. To excavate by hand or powered tools existing footways, verges and carriageways, kerbing, channels and drainage. To lay kerbs, channels and pipes, resetting ironwork and gully drains as well as to lay, spread (by hand / rake), level, and compact stone, coated materials, concrete, and bituminous material etc. to line and level in accordance with specifications, all under supervision. 5. To excavate by hand or powered tools existing footways, verges and carriageways, kerbing, channels and drainage. 6. To adjust / install highway ironwork and other street furniture as required. 7. To lay kerbs, channels and pipes, resetting ironwork and gully drains as well as to lay, spread (by hand / rake), level, and compact stone, coated materials, concrete, and bituminous material etc. to line and level in accordance with specifications. 8. To check and detect underground services; sign, barrier and cone to guard and protect the highway maintenance works in accordance with the requirement of the Health and Safety at Work Act and New Road and Streetworks Act with particular regard to the safety of colleagues and the travelling public. 9. To respond to emergency situations and carry out work as directed in order to reduce the impact on the public and the environment. 10. To use hand and powered tools, operate specialist equipment, and small and large plant, including using tools for detecting underground services, TractAir and other compressed air equipment in accordance with operating instructions, hire agreements and safe working procedures, and to keep these in safe condition, checking that equipment remains fit for purpose, and notifying the supervisor when damaged or requiring routine maintenance. 11 To be the recognised site operative in accordance with the new roads and street works legislation 12. To support the Highway Operations Supervisor and the highways' management team in all aspects of service delivery to ensure risks, quality and environmental issues are identified to drive productivity and promote efficiencies throughout all activities, and that these are managed to meet the right first time approach and performance targets. 13. To lead and actively participate in a team of road workers carrying out highway maintenance and construction activities using appropriate skills, knowledge and experience, including interpreting and use of specification / site drawings, operate hand and powered tools to carry out general construction tasks, including setting out, excavating, resetting ironwork, installing road signs, undertaking kerb and drainage works, laying aggregate, bituminous and concrete materials and pavers, and undertaking site clear up ensuring a timely completion of works. 14. To keep records, complete all necessary paperwork and update on-line systems to ensure that all materials are accurately measured, ordered and used in a safe and efficient manner. 15. To ensure all labour, plant and materials are correctly recorded, that it is used in accordance with the specification, and with minimal waste, and that plant and equipment is kept safe, secure and in good condition, including responsibility for daily maintenance . 16. Act as mentor provide on-site training to other less experienced road workers as directed and be responsible for the training of construction skills to Apprentice road workers. Brief gangs via tool box talks and safety briefings. 17. To ensure that the gang is provided with correct PPE, materials and traffic management equipment for the planned work, erecting, maintaining and removing appropriate signs and barriers, and that all follow safety rules and safe working practices for self, colleagues, pedestrians and vehicles. 18. To respond to emergency situations and carry out work as directed in order to reduce the impact on the public and the environment. 19. Communicate and liaise with public utility service companies to locate and protect their equipment in order to allow the work to be carried out safely and limit disruption promoting a positive image of the Council, and with co-workers, contractors, the emergency services, the police, the general public, clients and customers over work programming. 20. Occasionally, act as a temporary Highway Operations Supervisor in the absence of a designated supervisory office for this service area. Be the recognised site supervisor as required in accordance with the new roads and street works legislation. 21 Interpret technical drawings, bill of quantities and able to carry out basic setting out for line and level. Prestige Recruitment are an equal opportunities agency, working within strict employment guidelines. We have been working within the industry for over 30 years. If you are interested in applying for this role, please click apply.
