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.
Where will you be working?
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?
- Extract data from electronic and paper returns and enter it into commercial systems.
- Process applications submitted to clients.
- Identify and escalate missing, unclear, or contradictory information.
- Maintain accurate project and programme data schedules.
- Liaise with operational staff to request and follow up on overdue returns.
- Follow governance and compliance requirements in line with M Group policies.
- Complete ad hoc administrative tasks assigned by your line manager.
- Work to agreed timescales, managing deadlines and raising workload concerns promptly.
- Complete mandatory training and stay updated with refresher courses.
- Understand project phases and adapt responsibilities as they progress.
- Learn and take on new tasks as required.
- Prioritise workload effectively and organise tasks to support commercial activities.
- Maintain strong attention to detail across data, documents, and system inputs.
- Gather, process, and analyse information to support reporting and documentation.
- Deliver high‑quality work to support internal stakeholders.
- Follow established procedures, governance, and compliance requirements.
- Continuously develop knowledge and skills through training and hands‑on learning.
What you’ll bring
- No prior industry experience required
- Good general education (e.g., GCSEs or equivalent)
- Strong IT skills, especially Microsoft Office and Excel
- Ability to manage tasks, learn new systems, and adapt to changing project phases
- Experience in infrastructure or construction environments (desirable)
- Familiarity with finance, purchasing, stock management, or commercial management systems (desirable)
- Confidence using digital or business systems
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
- Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
- 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;
- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!
- Holiday purchase scheme
- Personal Accident Cover
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 are 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: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do 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 the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.
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