About VolkerHighways
VolkerHighways is a market leader in the delivery of highways and street lighting term maintenance contracts. We build strong collaborative relationships with our clients to drive improvements and efficiency in all our activities.
We have the capability to deliver major surfacing and public realm infrastructure projects. Our specialist in-house traffic management division provides expert advice and support across the industry, whilst assisting with our own, in-house contracts.
About Highways Term Maintenance
Our Highways Term Maintenance division delivers essential highway services for local authorities, maintaining road networks, footpaths, street lighting, drainage systems and highway structures. We also provide emergency response, winter maintenance and infrastructure improvement works.
With long-standing local authority partnerships and a strong track record in delivering projects of all sizes, we help keep communities connected through safe and reliable highway infrastructure.
About Street Lighting
The Street Lighting team designs, installs and maintains a wide range of highway electrical assets, including street lighting, CCTV connections, speed cameras, EV charging points, Variable Message Signs (VMS) and illuminated street furniture.
Managing over 350,000 highway electrical assets, we are experts in delivering innovative lighting and smart technology solutions that improve safety, efficiency and sustainability for our clients.
As a certified Independent Connection Provider (ICP), we can deliver electrical connections efficiently, helping to reduce project timescales and improve service delivery.
About you
We have fantastic opportunities for HIAB Drivers, Operatives (all levels), Supervisors and Electricians to join our business, working on our contract for Luton Borough Council.
If your experience doesn’t match perfectly with every requirement of the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for us.
Why work with us?
VolkerHighways is under the umbrella of VolkerWessels UK which is a multidisciplinary contractor that delivers innovative engineering solutions across the civil engineering and construction sectors including rail, highways, airport, marine, energy, water, and environmental infrastructure.
By utilising the specialist skills of each business unit within VolkerWessels UK, VolkerHighways are able to ensure our staff provide unrivalled resources and expertise to our clients.
We offer competitive rewards and benefits, recognising the value we place on our employees.
We offer a range of benefits, including:
- Competitive salary
- Competitive annual leave and an additional day off on your birthday
- Option to buy additional annual leave
- Private medical care
- Pension
- Life Assurance
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Shopping and restaurants vouchers, rewards, and discounts
- Training and development opportunities-comprehensive skills-based training
- Family friendly polices including enhanced maternity benefit
- Flexible working opportunities
- Employee Assistance programme
- Mental health, physical health, and financial support
- 24/7 Virtual GP service
Fairness, inclusion and respect
We believe in pushing boundaries in the pursuit of fairness, inclusion and respect. So, our teams can be comfortable that, whatever their background, VolkerWessels UK is a place where they can be themselves and thrive.
If you need support with your application, please contact us at careers@volkerwessels.co.uk
Additional information
Note for Recruitment Agencies:
Our preference is to hire directly, and we will reach out to our Preferred Supplier List (PSL) agencies if this particular role qualifies for release.
We kindly request that you refrain from sending speculative CVs. In the event of speculative CV submissions, no fees will be applicable, and we kindly ask that all inquiries to be directed to careers@volkerwessels.co.uk
VolkerWessels UK is committed to maintaining healthy, safe and productive working conditions for its entire staff and therefore a drugs & alcohol screening is mandatory for all.
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