Ganger

Ganger

Location: Childerditch, Essex

Permanent, Full Time

Our client, Ringway Jacobs, a leading provider of integrated highways management, is seeking a Ganger to join their team in Essex.

About Ringway Jacobs

Ringway Jacobs is a leading highways services provider, working in partnership with local authorities to design, build and maintain safe, sustainable transport networks. Our teams play a vital role in keeping communities connected through the delivery of high-quality highway maintenance and operational services. We are committed to safety, collaboration, integrity and service excellence, creating a positive impact for the communities we serve.

The Role

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Ganger to join our highways maintenance team based in Brentwood, Essex.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a background in highways maintenance, groundworks, construction or civil engineering who enjoys leading teams and working in a varied outdoor environment. You will be responsible for supervising a small crew, ensuring work is delivered safely, efficiently and to the highest standards.

No two days are the same. Alongside planned highway maintenance activities, you will support winter maintenance operations and emergency response activities, helping to keep road users safe and networks operational in all conditions. From carriageway and footway repairs to responding to flooding, storm damage and other highway incidents, this role offers genuine variety and the chance to make a visible impact in local communities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate a small operational highways maintenance team.
• Deliver pothole repairs and carriageway defect reinstatements.
• Carry out carriageway and footway patching works.
• Undertake drainage works including pipe laying, gully repairs and ironwork adjustments.
• Complete kerbing works and minor civil engineering activities.
• Install road signs and other highway assets.
• Support traffic management operations and site safety requirements.
• Complete digital records, inspections, risk assessments and site documentation.
• Participate in winter maintenance and out-of-hours emergency response rotas.
• Deliver excellent customer service and maintain positive working relationships with colleagues, clients and members of the public.

Essential Qualifications and Skills

• Experience within highways maintenance, groundworks, utilities, construction or civil engineering.
• Previous experience leading or supervising a small team.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Strong understanding of health and safety requirements within a highways environment.
• Ability to organise workloads and manage work activities on site.
• Experience completing site paperwork, risk assessments and work records.
• Competent using tablets, smartphones and other digital devices.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Willingness to participate in winter maintenance and emergency call-out activities.
• Ability to work flexibly as part of a team and respond effectively to changing operational requirements.

If you are looking for a varied, hands-on leadership role where you can make a visible difference to local communities while developing your career within a respected highways organisation, we would love to hear from you.