Highway Maintenance Apprentice

About the role:

You will be working in a small team of Highways Maintenance Operatives, as part of a larger network of teams across Cornwall, maintaining and constructing our County’s roads and footpaths.

During your apprenticeship you will develop practical skills and a deep knowledge about highways maintenance operations in the Highways section of Cormac Solutions Highways & Environment service.

This is an apprenticeship post, and you will be learning whilst working gaining the level 2 Highways Maintenance Apprenticeship qualification and going to college / training centre as appropriate. Please view the apprenticeship standard: Highways maintenance skilled operative / Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education

Duties include (but are not limited to):

• All Highways maintenance and construction
• A range of routine manual tasks in relation to highways maintenance such as, laying kerbs, surfacing, repairing potholes, installing street Ironworks
• You will be using hand tools and powered tools or pedestrian plant
• You will be setting up traffic management
• Following written instructions and interpreting drawings
• Working with sub- contractors on larger schemes

We're looking for:

An employee who is passionate about working to maintain Cornwall’s road network, providing a safe travel route for the public. You will be committed to completing a level 2 Highways Maintenance apprenticeship and continuing your personal development.

• This is a hazardous role, so you must be at least 16 and 1/2 years old to apply. This ensures that you will be at least 18 years old by the time you complete the apprenticeship and are working unsupervised.
• Eligible to drive in the UK: driving licence or provisional driving licence and ability to achieve full driving licence within the first 12 months, plus access to transport and a willingness to travel to sites not serviced by public transport
• Ability to travel to Notter Bridge Technical Training Centre, near Saltash
• Current or predicted Maths and English Functional Skills Level 1 or above (equivalent to GCSE 1,2,3 or D,E,F,G or above)
• You will have a positive outlook and enjoy working outdoors.
• You will be trustworthy, dependable and work well in a team
• You will be able to communicate well with your team, your employers, tutors and the public
• You will be safety conscious, have a strong awareness of the health and safety of both yourself and others.
• You will be resilient, respectful, adaptable and keen to learn and complete your apprenticeship)

Our offer to you:

Salary: £14,500 for the first year, progressing to the Real Living Wage (as set by the Living Wage Foundation)

Contract: permanent, full time

Working Hours: 37 per week

Location: Cornwall - you will be allocated to a site and permanent supervisor upon appointment.

Base: you will likely be based at one of our main sites in Bodmin, Bude, Helston, Falmouth, Launceston, Liskeard, Newquay, Penzance, or Scorrier.

Working with us you will have an employee benefits package that includes:

• Generous pension scheme with employer contribution
• Employee discount scheme and wellbeing events
• Holiday starting at 23 days and increasing to 28 with service (pro-rata if part-time) with option to purchase additional
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Investment and support in your continuous training and development

Safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of all our service users, clients and customers. If the role is working with vulnerable individuals and/or children and young people, you will be asked to complete a relevant DBS check to be successfully appointed to the role.

To apply

Please follow the link below to apply for the role with your candidate profile; remember to upload your CV.

Close date: Midnight Monday 14 August 2023

Contact us

If you’d like to have a discussion about the role, please feel free to contact our in-house resourcing team for an informal chat about the role.

Thank you for your interest in supporting our important work at the Corserv Group.

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Job Types: Full-time, Apprenticeship

Salary: £14,500.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking
• Sick pay
• Store discount

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person