Streetlights across Oxfordshire are set to be fixed under an exciting new recruitment drive. 

VolkerHighways, an integrated highways services provider, has recently won up to an eight-year Highways Electrical Assets contract from Oxfordshire County Council.

The contract is worth £30 million and will involve both planned and responsive maintenance to streetlights, illuminated signs and bollards as well as the LED lighting units.

Part of the wider VolkerWessels UK network, VolkerHighways is a market leader operating across the South of England.

VolkerHighways secures Oxfordshire streetlighting contract

The multidisciplinary contractor which has turnover in excess of £1bn and employs 3,500 people across the country, is now looking to the people of Oxfordshire in a new recruitment drive.

The company is known for delivering innovative solutions across the civil engineering and construction sectors, working for both clients in the public and private sectors.

In this new project, it is hoping to further its sustainable vision too.

VolkerHighways has put in place a "People-Planet-Purpose framework" which it says will help the business "to grow responsibly, to deliver social value to the communities it works in and to protect the natural environment, leaving a legacy it is proud of."

It is also not its first Oxfordshire project either, after it was awarded the ‘Park and Charge’ electric vehicle (EV) charge point installation contract from EZ-Charge in late 2021.

The highways service provider also delivered fourteen EV charge points, as part of Oxford City Council and the University of Oxford’s ‘Go Ultra Low Oxford’ project.

Councillor Tim Bearder, Oxfordshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Highways Management commented on the VokkerHighways deal:" The County Council is looking forward to working with VolkerHighways, to deliver the maintenance and upgrade of our street lighting assets within Oxfordshire.

"These are exciting times, as we change the existing assets to LED units, saving the authority 15,000,000kWh of energy and delivering a reduction of 2,600 tonnes of CO2."

How to work for VolkerHighways

VolkerHighways is looking for people to join the company at its Abingdon depot. 

The Abingdon base will be the hub for the Oxfordshire County Council project.

It has launched a recruitment drive and is looking for "local, ‘can-do’ people" to join its team".

The company wants people that have a passion for the highways sector and that looking for a new challenge.

If you are interested in working for VolkerHighways, you can apply via the website.