General Operative

Job Summary by the careerbalance.co.uk Team:

60Job Description:

We’re looking for a General Operative to join our Transportation Team based in Edmonton. Working on our prestigious Transport for London (TfL) contract, which we will be leading on for the next 8 years, with the possibility to extend up to 12 years. Within this role, you can enjoy a competitive annual holiday entitlement with enhanced sick pay, a huge range of deals and discounts at many of your favourite brands, 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family and even more

Can you envision a world without transportation links by land, sea, or air? Neither can we! Your journey is our journey. Join us at Kier Transportation, where we are working brilliantly together to make a difference, supporting the movement of people, goods, and equipment.

 

Location: Edmonton, London

Contract: Permanent, full time 

 

What will you be responsible for?

As a General Operative, you’ll be working within the Highways operations team forming part of a large work force supporting them in safely delivering reactive & planned maintenance duties on the Transport for London Road Network (TLRN), such as installing and fixing kerbs, foot paths, carriageways and tarmac works, high speed traffic management, incident response and seasonal winter maintenance.

 

Your day to day will include:

• Adhering to Kier health and safety measures, using a variety of plant and equipment, ensuring the site and company equipment is always secure
• Operating within different teams you will form part of our call out rota system covering immediate response throughout the year and seasonal winter maintenance duties / call outs between October & April
• Safely using tarmac and other materials carrying out repairs including raking and rolling patches to an auditable standard
• Working in all weather conditions, carrying out work on site, in the public domain
• Utilising technology, such as tablets for record keeping and point of work risk assessments

 

What are we looking for?

This role of General Operative is great for you if:

• You hold a full driving licence with HGV (Minimum Class 3)
• Have current or previous NRSWA accreditations
• Demonstrate a strong grasp of health and safety within the highways industry

We’re all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don’t tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

 

Rewards and benefits
We’re proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

 

Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We’re proud of the steps we’ve taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier’s diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

 

We look forward to seeing your application to join the #constructionrevolution #joinkier

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Location: London