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Highways Area Technician (x2)
Budbrooke and Coleshill
Permanent Contracts
About Us
WCC County Highways undertake routine highway maintenance schemes/works. These teams are based at two offices, one in Coleshill, North Warwickshire and one at Budbrooke, near Warwick. Both offices have extremely busy, hard-working and customer focused teams, who undertake a variety of routine highway maintenance functions across the county of Warwickshire.
We are looking for 2 Highways Area Technicians to work within the Client Team. One of these will be based at Budbrooke and one at Coleshill.
The Roles
Following a reorganisation these new roles are now available to be filled. You will be joining our established teams and travelling across the county as necessary. Working in a frontline highways maintenance customer service environment, you will be undertaking an interesting mix of highway works and inspections, managing customers and the demands of the service, enforcement issues, dealing with emergency callouts alongside many other aspects of the service that we deliver on a daily basis.
This role will give you a diverse workload in a fast-changing environment and requiring a mix of home, office and site working. You will be required to plan and prioritise your workday and have the freedom to travel between work sites in all weathers and in a flexible way.
Key Requirements
To be successful you’ll need good routine highway maintenance experience; good communication skills both verbal and written; planning and organising and IT skills. It would be advantageous to have an NVQ Level 3 or experience in dealing with a variety of highways works.
For further information please see the attached Job Descriptions and Person Specifications.
Additional Information
For further information about the roles please contact the hiring manager: Jeff Morris - 01926 738913 or jeffmorris@warwickshire.gov.uk
Closing date: midnight, 6th February 2023Interview date: w/c 13th February 2023
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Warwickshire County Council (WCC) is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce, this is because we really understand the importance of different voices, experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds within our workforce. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups. WCC has a number of staff network groups which provide peer support and safe spaces for employees who hold these and other identities. See more.