💼 Full-Time Position

Highways Operative

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Belmont Recruitment
📍 Farington, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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Location
Farington, United Kingdom
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Posted
June 20, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

Belmont Recruitment are currently seeking an experienced Highways Operative to join a busy highways operations team on a temporary basis. This is a full-time role working 45 hours per week.

Overview:
This role will involve carrying out a range of highway maintenance and construction duties across various projects, supporting the delivery of essential footway and carriageway improvement works.

The successful candidate will undertake skilled roadworking duties, ensuring all works are completed safely, efficiently, and to a high standard.

Main Duties:
• Carry out the laying of kerbs and tactile paving materials
• Install drainage pipes, pots, chambers, and ducts within footways
• Lay bituminous materials by hand on both footways and carriageways
• Operate a range of small tools and mechanical equipment including ride-on rollers, floor saws, Stihl saws, petrol breakers, and vibrating plate compactors
• Undertake general highway construction and mainte...