Highways & Cleansing Technician (X 3)

Bexley is an outer London Borough with the best of both worlds, located between the hustle and bustle of London and the Garden of England, Kent. Within the borough we have award winning parks, open spaces and listed heritage sites. 

This post would be working in the Council’s Highways Maintenance team, alongside other Technicians looking after the highway road network.

This role may be available as a development opportunity through secondment for the Council’s existing employees.  The Council’s Secondment Scheme can be found here. If this option is of interest, please contact the recruiting manager.

The post would work with a team looking after the road network, each covering around 220 streets.  Duties include carrying out routine inspections for potholes and trip hazards, investigating concerns raised to the council, liaising with residents and contractors, and supporting the repairs/resurfacing of defects. 

You would be tasked with fulfilling the duties for your area, in accordance with legislation and the council’s policies, whilst able to manage your own time to achieve them.  You would be supported in decision making, and receive appropriate training to develop skill and perform the required work. 

Please refer to the Job Description attached for more information. 

For an informal discussion about the role please contact: Andrew Jones, Highways Maintenance manager by emailing andrew.jones@bexley.gov.uk 

We will offer you in return a package that includes a competitive salary, an excellent pension scheme and generous annual leave plus bank holidays. For more information on the benefits package on offer please refer to the Candidate Information document attached. 

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date. 

Candidates must hold GCSE (or equivalent) in English and Maths, have a daily access to a car and with a Full Driving Licence, able to walk reasonable distances, keep accurate and timely records of inspections, have good IT skills, able to speak accurately and clearly in English, and be able to manage own time/workloads. 

For the full list of essential and desirable criteria for this role then please refer to the Person Specification within the Job Description attached. 

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Anticipated Interview Date: Late May/Early June 2024 

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Additional Information 

As a disability confident employer Bexley welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including hidden disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on recruitment@bexley.gov.uk

This post is considered by the authority to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers. The council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the JD/Person Specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.