Highway Apprentice

Build trade skills, gain an industry-recognised qualification and start a long-term career in the utilities sector with a supportive team behind you. Are you looking for a practical, hands-on apprenticeship where you can earn while you learn? We’re looking for Apprentice Reinstatement Operatives to join our team and help restore roads, footpaths and surfaces after essential utility works have been completed.

• Learning how to safely reinstate roads, footpaths and other surfaces after utility works
• Preparing work areas, mixing and laying materials, compacting surfaces and completing finished reinstatement work
• Supporting safe site set-up, including signing, guarding and keeping work areas tidy
• Using hand tools, equipment and small plant safely under supervision
• Working as part of a team to deliver high-quality work for customers and local communities

Highways maintenance skilled operative Level 2.

Training will be delivered by Hopwood Hall College on a block-release basis. As part of the apprenticeship, learners may be required to attend training for multiple consecutive weeks at a time.

Upon apprenticeship completion, this will be the beginning of a career working with Network Plus.

A successful applicant will have a driving licence. 

We are a group of specialists that deliver infrastructure services, keeping communities connected and resilient. Working in partnership with the UK’s leading utility providers, we combine skilled people, strong governance and a safety-first culture to deliver reliably, even in the most challenging environments.