Pavement Technician
| Posting date: | 18 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £30,200 to £32,800 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 March 2026 |
| Location: | Maidstone, Kent, ME14 3EN |
| Company: | National Highways |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7143_1771405242 |
Summary
About the job.
National Highways have an excellent opportunity for a pavement technician to join our team in the South East region. As a technician within Operations, you will be supporting in the identification and early development of renewal schemes, ahead of them entering the forward programme of works. Our technicians work as part of a small team supporting Engineers and Principal Engineers in the day-to-day asset management covering pavements, safety barriers, boundary fencing, traffic signs and road markings.
This role can be based from our Maidstone or Basingstoke office.
Please note that you will be required to drive as part of your role, and you will need to have no more than 3 points to be considered for this position and during employment.
- Provide support in the identification and management of asset studies and survey works.
- To input into the development of early solutions for improvements and/or renewals, including the compiling of relevant documents, evidence and options in line with agreed methodologies and prioritisation criteria.
- To support the development of technical briefs provided to the design and construction contractor for improvement and renewals work.
- To support the capture and maintenance of asset data and condition information in the relevant database.
About you.
- Higher national diploma/certificate or other relevant qualification with relevant experience, or working towards
- Knowledge of Design Manual for Road & Bridges (DMRB) standards and their application on the highways network
- Knowledge of highway construction and delivery methods
- Knowledge of asset condition assessment
- Proficient in Microsoft Office tools.
About usHere at National Highways, we manage and improve England's motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership.
Operations is at the heart of keeping the strategic road network moving and ensuring our customers get the best possible experience when using our roads.
We address over 39,000 customer enquiries every month, plan and deliver all maintenance activities on the network, drive efficiencies and improvements across our systems and roads, and respond to incidents across 4,500 miles of motorways and major A-roads that we manage. All to make sure National Highways customers have safer, smoother, and more reliable journeys.
External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy.
We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
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