Area Highways Technician

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
 

• Job Title:                            Area Highways Technician
• Job Location:                     Stroudwater Depot (A419) 
• Salary:                               £27,803 - £30,296 per annum 
• Hours per Week:               37.00 
• Contract Type:                   Permanent 
• Closing Date:                     22/05/2024 
• Job Requisition Number:   9013 
• This post is not open to job share

Gloucestershire County Council is looking to recruit an Area Highways Technician to join our Team to help deliver highway maintenance works. As an Area Highways Technician, you will make a real difference to peoples' everyday lives, work in an operational depot and be the first point of contact for the community on highway related matters. From helping with winter gritting, supporting our work force on site, and delivering the Council's statutory highway duties – all to keep Gloucestershire moving, safely. Candidates should have relevant experience in highways, emergency management and be committed to excellent customer service.

About The Team & Role 

Are you looking for exciting new challenge working with the Area Highway Team in our Highway Depots assisting in the maintenance and management of the highway network?

By joining the team, you’ll help make a real difference as a Technician in our Stroudwater Depot Team near Stonehouse, by supporting our Local Highway Managers & Area Highway Representatives, offering advice and help to customers and our works contractors. You will be joining an established team, who make valuable contributions to the maintenance of the highways in our community.
 

About You

As an Area Highways Technician, you will act as the frontline customer interface for Highways related contact within a designated geographical area. Your customer-focused nature and communication skills will help build working relationships with your customers & stakeholders. To be successful you will need excellent organisational skills to allow you to prioritise workloads and ensure our service levels are maintained. You’ll also bring your highways knowledge to help deliver highway maintenance works.

About Us 

For all your hard work, you will receive the following:

• Flexible and agile working opportunities 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service
• An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
• Family friendly employer offering benefits to help support you and your family
• Career development and qualification opportunities
• Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
• An in-house Occupational Health service
• Employee discount scheme
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&Cs apply)
• Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.

How to apply 

If you feel you have the skills, desire and experience required to make a positive difference then please submit your application and personal statement today by clicking the “Apply Now” Button.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Martyn Midgley via email at martyn.midgley@gloucestershire.gov.uk.

Closing date 22/05/2024.

Short-listed candidates will be contacted by e-mail and invited to interview week commencing 27/05/2024.

Additional Information

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-

Area Highways Technician - Job Profile

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities.  Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.