Highways Maintenance Operative
| Posting date: | 16 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 March 2026 |
| Location: | B7 5HR |
| Company: | Kier Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 10072 |
Summary
We're looking for a Highways Maintenance Operative to join our streetlighting team based in Thimble Mill Lane, Birmingham.
Location: Thimble Mill Lane, Birmingham, B7 5HR
Hours: Permanent, full time, 45 hours per week
Salary: £32,000 to £35,000 depending on experience and qualifications
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.
Join our friendly streetlighting department at Kier where you'll play a vital role in maintaining essential infrastructure. As part of our welcoming team, you'll contribute to quality excavation work within footpaths, ensuring safety standards while collaborating with colleagues who value your input and support your professional development in a balanced work environment.
What will you be responsible for?
As a Highways Maintenance Operative, you'll be working within the streetlighting team, supporting them in delivering high-quality infrastructure maintenance. Your day to day will include:
• Undertaking excavations in various materials within footpaths, including track work and joint holes
• Assisting with backfill and reinstatement of excavations to meet quality standards
• Completing documentation to comply with health & safety and NERS requirements
• Supporting the team in various tasks, such as serving as safety assistant for live LV cable jointers
• Driving works vehicles and adhering to HSG47 safety protocols
What are we looking for?
This role of Highways Maintenance Operative is great for you if:
• You have previous experience with excavations and understanding of HSG47
• You're knowledgeable about various streetlighting civils tasks
• You have a full driving licence
• You enjoy collaborative work and building relationships across teams
Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.
Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.
As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.
Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.
We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.
Location: Thimble Mill Lane, Birmingham, B7 5HR
Hours: Permanent, full time, 45 hours per week
Salary: £32,000 to £35,000 depending on experience and qualifications
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.
Join our friendly streetlighting department at Kier where you'll play a vital role in maintaining essential infrastructure. As part of our welcoming team, you'll contribute to quality excavation work within footpaths, ensuring safety standards while collaborating with colleagues who value your input and support your professional development in a balanced work environment.
What will you be responsible for?
As a Highways Maintenance Operative, you'll be working within the streetlighting team, supporting them in delivering high-quality infrastructure maintenance. Your day to day will include:
• Undertaking excavations in various materials within footpaths, including track work and joint holes
• Assisting with backfill and reinstatement of excavations to meet quality standards
• Completing documentation to comply with health & safety and NERS requirements
• Supporting the team in various tasks, such as serving as safety assistant for live LV cable jointers
• Driving works vehicles and adhering to HSG47 safety protocols
What are we looking for?
This role of Highways Maintenance Operative is great for you if:
• You have previous experience with excavations and understanding of HSG47
• You're knowledgeable about various streetlighting civils tasks
• You have a full driving licence
• You enjoy collaborative work and building relationships across teams
Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.
Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.
As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.
Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.
We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.
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About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.