Job Introduction
Are you a highly skilled and experienced professional within the Highway Operations industry, seeking a new opportunity?
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council’s Highway Delivery Service is looking to recruit new team members.
We are seeking Highway Chargehands for our in-house service. Ideal candidates will exhibit an initiative-taking attitude and possess the ability to uphold public service standards by effectively maintaining and enhancing the Council’s highways and assets. Those joining us guide colleagues with assigned tasks and serve as the primary point of contact on site for members of the public and other visitors.
Applicants should demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the New Roads and Streetworks Act (NRSWA), along with a solid knowledge of the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Highways Act 1980.
Successful applicants will oversee aspects of on-site delivery of Highways Service, related to the below fields.
- Capital Construction works.
- Drainage maintenance and improvements
- High-Speed Traffic Management
The Highway Service reserves the right to adjust roles, consummate to post.
The positions are located out of either BCP Council's Hatchpond Depot or Southcote Road Depot dependent on service requirement.
If you are passionate about enhancing the public highway and ensuring safety for all users of the network, we invite you to apply detailing your current or previous experience in Highway Maintenance and Highway Construction works. Please also include how your expertise can contribute to our team.
Applicants must hold a minimum of Class B Drivers license.
For an informal discussion about this role please contact Greg Kerr, Highway Manager
About BCP Council
BCP Council provides services to a diverse community of 400,000 residents and employs more than 5,000 people. Our area includes over 15 miles of beautiful world-renowned coastline. We can offer career defining roles to transform and improve services. By working with us, you can help deliver a vision of a thriving, word-class, prosperous and inclusive place for generations to come.
Our Benefits
We offer an excellent benefits package to colleagues. Find out more on our website.
As a result of the creation of BCP Council in 2019, we are working on simplifying our terms and conditions of service and will be creating a single pay structure which is to be applicable for all employees. It is important to us that we offer benefits that our colleagues value as part of their total employment package and we are reviewing these to make sure we have it right. We have been in a process of collective bargaining since 2019 and have positively worked forward to reach an agreed position with the unions for the new contractual offer. This has taken longer than we hoped and therefore we are having to consider all alternative avenues available to enable us to remove inequality in the organisation as a result of bringing together 3 councils.
We are in the process of establishing a timescale for implementation, and all colleagues joining us will be included in these changes. We want to reassure everyone that whichever route is taken to reach the new terms and conditions, we can honour continuous service and there will not be any job reduction as a result of the implementation of Pay and Reward. If you have any questions at all about this process, please feel free to raise this with the hiring manager.
