Highways Maintenance Operative

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31Job Description:

We’re looking for Highways Maintenance Operative to join our Transportation team based in either of the following depots, Glastonbury, Yeovil or Bridgwater. Within this role, you can enjoy a fantastic, pension scheme, a competitive annual holiday entitlement, 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: Glastonbury / Yeovil / Bridgwater

Contract: Permanent, Full time

 

What will you be responsible for?

As a Highways Maintenance Operative, you’ll be working within the Operative team, supporting them with reactive and planned highways maintenance works such as pothole repairs, kerb laying, drainage, out-of-hours emergency call- out and Minor civils works / improvement works and support severe weather operations efficient and timely delivery of the highway service requirements across Somerset.

Your day to day will include:

• Contributing to the promotions of customer care by working closely with team members, ensuring client and network users are dealt with in a polite and courteous manner
• Responding to incidents on the network within designated timescales ensuring relevant parties including the network hub are updated through use of appropriate communication systems, liaising with emergency services and ensuring traffic disruption is minimised, including installation and removal of emergency traffic management signage
• Carrying out routine maintenance and repairs on the network, operating a variety of plant and equipment, carrying out required duties effectively, ensuring site and company equipment is always secure, raising problems/queries with designated supervisor Completing daily record sheets as required
• Using WMS / MMW application at incidents and emergency repairs on the network and where required complete any required record sheets, using WMS / MMW to provide accurate records of works carried out on the network
• Conducting daily defect reports on vehicles and ensure vehicles are cleaned and maintained in good order

 

What are we looking for?

This role of Highways Maintenance Operative is great for you if:

• You are Street Works qualified
• Drive and hold a full driving licence
• Can work on your own initiative and as part of a team

 

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: Glastonbury