Maintenance Operative (Highways)

Company: W P RECRUITMENT HR LTD
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Location: Newport
Job Description:

Maintenance Operative (Highways)

Industry: Civil Engineering

Location: Isle of Wight

Hours: 7.30 a.m. – 4.00pm, 40 hours per week

Days: Monday – Sunday on an on-call rota basis

Duration: Temporary, immediate start, ongoing

Duties:

Working within a small team, attending reactive maintenance requests including;

filling of potholes, basic tarmacking,

repairing, replacing and repainting street furniture,

general labouring and manual handling.

Adherence to quality and health and safety standards.

Experience:

Must have previous construction experience and be physically fit due to the nature of duties.

Highways experience is an advantage.

Must have a full driver licence and an awareness of health and safety.

Must be able to work well as part of a team, to instruction.

Flexibility with working hours as rota can be evenings and weekends.

Salary: £12.71 per hour worked, overtime paid at time and a half or 1.3 depending on rota

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Posted: October 2nd, 2026