Motorway Operative

Other
West Lothian
May 23, 2026
Permanent
Urgent

Job Description

Sir Robert McAlpine are the routine operations and maintenance contractor, based in Dumfries & Galloway, for the section of the A74(M) / M74 between the Border at J22 and Junction 12.

Highways Operative Role (M6 DBFO)

  • Team: M6 DBFO
  • Location: SRM Crawford Depot, Stoneyburn, Crawford, ML12 6TW
  • Shifts: Monday – Thursday 08:00 – 16:30. Friday 08:00 – 15:30. 24-hour standby rota and winter maintenance on a shift basis. Some overtime may be required.
  • Primary role is to maintain the project road through proactive maintenance works to include, but not limited to, checking and clearing drainage channels, vegetation management, litter picking.
  • Secondary role is to be 1st responder to any incident on the M6 DBFO network, assisting emergency services & recovery operators, deploying emergency lane/road closures, making everybody safe and clearing the carriageway as quickly as practicable to keep traffic flowing.
  • Working on the highway is a manual job which requires a reasonable level of agility and fitness.

Your Profile

  • The successful candidate must have an LGV C2 Driving Licence with up-to-date Driver CPC.
  • Hold a CSCS card (desirable).
  • Must be able to attend any incident within 60 minutes of a call. So reasonable proximity to the depot is required.
  • Experience of traffic management an advantage.

Benefits

We’re ready to invest in you and your future, and offer wide-ranging, performance-related progression opportunities. Our competitive rewards packages feature flexible benefits to fit your lifestyle and priorities.

Sir Robert McAlpine is focused on being a truly inclusive employer, even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we’d still love to hear from you. Especially if you’re part of a group that is under-represented in Construction. Our goal is for Sir Robert McAlpine to proportionally represent the diversity of the working population in society. As a family-run business with strong family values, our aim is to ensure that Sir Robert McAlpine is a supportive, empowering and inclusive environment for every member of our team.

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