Apprentice Highways Operative

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career; with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive. 

Start date: September 2025

Where will you be working?

M Group Highways

At M Group Highways, we’re supporting the safe transportation and movement of people across the UK.  

We don’t just build roads and bridges- we’re building a better future, creating lasting social value that gives back to the communities in which we work.

You’ll be joining our Highways maintenance team, as the UK’s number one highway maintenance contractor, our teams use the latest innovations to create effective solutions. We offer a range of services including planned and reactive maintenance and highway improvement schemes.  

Want to come and be a part of it? 

What will you be doing? 

Starting your employment in September 2025, this 18-month programme will develop your practical, technical and soft-skills, with Health & Safety at the heart of everything you do. On successful completion of your apprenticeship, you will gain a Highways Maintenance Skilled Operative Level 2 qualification and a permanent, long-term career with M Group Highways!

• Highways Maintenance (e.g. pothole repairs, grass cutting, winter gritting services)
• Providing traffic management for a diversity of projects.
• Working as part of our multi-disciplined teams to deliver innovative solutions to highways maintenance.
• Depending on your location you may be required to travel to college on block release with fellow apprentices and stay in a hotel for your relaxation time.

What you’ll bring 

• Willingness to learn new skills and work as part of a team. 
• Physical fitness and willingness to work outside in all weather conditions. 
• Functional Skills requirements equivalent to Maths and English GCSE at grade E or above. If you do not currently have these qualifications, the training provider will help you achieve them as part of the apprenticeship.
• The Right to Work in the UK (you must have lived in the UK for 3+ years)
• Valid UK driving license (or be on track to achieve this within a year)

What’s in it for you? 

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include:

• Matched or contributory pension scheme 
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts 
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave 
• Reward and recognition scheme

In addition, this role offers:

• 21 days annual leave plus bank holidays 
• Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!
• Holiday purchase scheme 
• Standby / Overtime / Call out

About us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

• We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
• We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
• We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
• We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.

It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note: 

It is a condition of your employment that you hold a current valid driving license.  If you do not, it is a condition that you obtain a driving license, at your own expense, within the first 12 months of your appointment date or within 12 months of your 17th birthday, whichever is the latter.

Occasionally, we may close job adverts before the stated closing date. We’d encourage you to apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of our hiring process. Some of our roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of our induction.