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We are looking for the best and brightest people, from a wide range of backgrounds, to bring fresh thinking to our ever expanding, dynamic business.
Carnell are an equal opportunities employer.

SHEQ Advisor

We’re looking for a proactive and pragmatic SHEQ Advisor to join our SHEQ team and support operational teams across a range of infrastructure, highways and civil engineering projects. This is a site-facing role that requires regular travel to company schemes, depots and offices. You’ll play a key role in promoting positive Safety, Health, Environment and Quality performance by carrying out inspections and audits, providing practical advice to site teams, supporting compliance with company and client requirements, and driving continuous improvement across the business.
Location: Penkridge/Featherstone
Full-time
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Highways Operative – 3 positions available (Route One Infrastructure)

Are you someone who takes pride in doing a job well? Do you enjoy hands-on work, being outdoors, and being part of a team that keeps the nation moving? If so, we’d love to welcome you as a Highways Operative. At Carnell, our teams play a vital role in maintaining, repairing, and improving the UK’s road network. Every shift you work helps create safer, stronger, and more reliable roads for millions of people.
Location: Featherstone (West Yorksire)
Full-time
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Payroll Assistant

We’re looking for a Payroll Assistant to join our Finance team and help ensure colleagues are paid accurately and on time. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with payroll or administration experience who enjoys working collaboratively, supporting others, and delivering great service.
Location: Penkridge, Staffordshire
Full-time
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Quantity Surveyor

As a Quantity Surveyor at Carnell, you will play a key role in managing the financial performance of our projects — from cost planning and forecast management to contract administration and risk reduction. You’ll work closely with operational teams, suppliers, subcontractors and clients to ensure projects remain commercially sound, cost-effective and aligned with contractual requirements.
Location: Areas 6 & 8
Full-time
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Excavator Operative (2 positions available)

Carnell is looking for an experienced Excavator Operative to join our Technology & Infrastructure team, supporting highway and civil engineering projects across the UK. This role involves nationwide travel, working away from home, and occasional night and weekend working.
Location: Skegness, Nationwide
Full-time
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Operative (2 positions available)

We are looking for a motivated and reliable Water Management Operative to join our Water Management Services team. In this role, you will support the delivery of drainage asset inventory, condition, and mapping surveys across the UK’s highways network. Working as part of a survey team, you will play a key role in ensuring projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and to the highest standards. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to develop a career in the highways and drainage sector, as full training will be provided to the right candidate. 
Location: Penkridge, Nationwide
Full-time
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Drainage Operative

Are you someone who takes pride in doing a job well? Do you enjoy handson work, being outdoors, and being part of a team that keeps the nation moving? If so, we’d love to welcome you as a Drainage Operative.
Location: Skegness, Nationwide
Full-time
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CCTV Rig Manager

Are you an experienced CCTV Survey professional looking for your next challenge? We are seeking a CCTV Rig Manager to join our Water Management team and play a key role in delivering high-quality drainage asset surveys nationwide across the UK’s highways network. This is an exciting opportunity to work with industry-leading CCTV survey equipment, manage survey operations, and contribute to projects that support the maintenance and improvement of critical infrastructure.
Location: Penkridge, Staffordshire
Permanent
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Project Manager

Are you seeking an exciting opportunity in the dynamic field of civil engineering and highways engineering? Are you passionate about leading successful projects from conception to completion? If so, we have the perfect role for you. At Carnell we are on the look out for a skilled and results driven Project Manager with extensive experience is civil engineering and highways.
Location: Featherstone (West Yorksire)
Full-time
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Contract Manager

At Carnell, you’ll play a vital role in delivering critical highway maintenance and infrastructure schemes that keep the UK’s road network safe, efficient and connected. You’ll lead high-performing teams, build trusted client relationships and drive projects from inception through to successful completion. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated leader who enjoys taking ownership, developing people and delivering outstanding results in a fast-paced operational environment.
Location: Featherstone with Travel around Yorkshire North East and Nationwide
Full time
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Site Manager (Scotland)

As a Site Manager, you will oversee the day-to-day operations, planning, and delivery of highways projects across Scotland. You’ll manage supervisors and site teams working on drainage surveys, trenchless remediation, Filter Drain Recycling), and wider civils activities on the Strategic Road Network. You’ll ensure that every project under your supervision runs safely, efficiently, on programme and to the required quality standards — while supporting our broader business strategy to grow our presence in Scotland.
Location: Scotland (with some support to Northern England when required across Various sites, working away and night shifts required.
Full-time
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HGV1 Driver

Carnell is looking for a reliable and experienced HGV Operative to join our Drainage & Remediation Team, supporting highway and civil engineering projects across the UK. This role involves nationwide travel, working away from home, and occasional night and weekend working.
Location: East Midlands, Nationwide
Full-time
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Recruitment Policy

Carnell Group has a commitment to sourcing candidates directly where possible, but as a company we recognise the value of recruitment agency support. In certain circumstances we engage with agencies who are on our list of Preferred Suppliers only. We do not accept speculative CV’s from agencies outside of our Preferred Supply List.

We pay agency fees only when an agency has been instructed by a member of the HR team and when terms of business have been agreed upon in advance.

We therefore want to make all agencies aware that Carnell do not pay non-approved fees when speculative and unsolicited CVs are submitted to any Carnell employee without prior engagement and permission. In these circumstances, we reserve the right to contact these candidates directly and initiate discussions without payment of any agency fee.

Submission of any unsolicited CVs to any Carnell employee will be deemed evidence of full and unlimited acceptance without payment of this Agency policy set out by Carnell.