Labourer/driver - Melrose, United Kingdom - Historic Environment Scotland

Historic Environment Scotland
Historic Environment Scotland
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Melrose, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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- £21,052 - £21,789
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  • Other
  • Band A
    Contract type:
  • Permanent
    Business area:
  • HES
  • Operations
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  • Other

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  • Melrose DepotAbout the job

Job summary:

Thank you for your interest in the post of Labourer/Driver with Historic Environment Scotland, based at the Melrose Depot. This is a permanent and pensionable appointment.


You will be responsible for the on-going conservation, maintenance and presentation of Historic Environment Scotland monuments within the Melrose Depot Area.


Job description:


The Monument Conservation Unit (MCU) based at the Melrose Depot have the responsibility for conservation, maintenance and presentation works at a number of our monuments in the Borders Region area.


The MCU at Melrose currently consist of a Works Manager, an Assistant Works Manager and 3 stonemasons, a head gardener and 3 grounds maintenance operatives.

You will provide labouring duties to the team as well as driver duties in transferring the squad to their place of work and picking up materials.

You will be expected to make your own way to and from the Melrose Depot for start and finish times.


Person specification:

The main duties of the labourers post include but are not exclusive to:

  • Providing semi-skilled assistance to enable the stonemasons to carry out their conservation duties by providing mortars gauged to specification
  • Transporting MCU staff, plant, equipment and materials from depot to various Historic Environment Scotland sites spread throughout the Borders Region and beyond
  • Carry out routine maintenance at the sites ensuring continued high standards of presentation of the Properties in Care and the 'stitch in time' works
  • Maintenance of small plant and equipment
  • Undertake statutory inspections when required to do so
  • Maintain individual responsibilities for Health & Safety awareness and the health and safety of members of the public and fellow employees
  • Comply with and promote HES Health & Safety Policy
  • Keeping the working site clean and tidy ensuring that access egress to working areas are maintained at all times
  • Weekly litter collection
  • Weeding of low level masonry, moss removal from low level wall heads
  • Delivery of consumables, plant and equipment required by the sites (both Visitor Operations & MCU) e.g. toiletries, cleaning equipment, shop stock when vehicle suits etc.


From time to time you will be required to attend training courses identified to assist the work, or to comply with health and safety legislation (this may require overnight stays away from home).

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Working Hours:
_**The normally weekly hours of work will vary according to the working season on the working year. The working year will cover the calendar year 1 April to 31 March.


The working year will be divided into 2 working seasons; namely a longer working hours season (summer) and a shorter working hours season (winter).

The length of each working season will be fixed by local management after discussion with the MCU and not later than 1 April of that working year.

The normal working week for the long season will cover a 5 day working week, Monday to Friday inclusive.

The normal working week in the short season will also be agreed between MCU and local management so as to include a 4 day week (within Monday to Friday of that week); or a 9 day fortnight within the period covered by Monday to Friday inclusive in 2 consecutive weeks.


The normal weekly hours of work in the long season will not exceed a maximum of 42 hours per week, which shall be inclusive of travel between the base depot and the place of work, up to a maximum of 2 hours per day for such travelling.

The normal weekly hours of work in the short season will be such when taken together with the maximum agreed normal weekly hours of work for the long season that total does not exceed a total of 1,932 hours for the working year.

Regardless of the hours worked (long/short weeks) you will be paid at the rate of one-twelfth of your annual salary per calendar month.


At Melrose the summer working hours are:
Monday-Thursday 07:30am - 17:00pm

Friday 07:30am - 14:30pm


The winter working hours are:
Monday-Wednesday 08:00am - 16:15pm


Benefits:

In addition we offer a great benefits package to our employees which includes:

  • flexible working hours (where appropriate)
- special leave
- maternity/paternity leave
- adoption leave
- reimbursement for relevant professional subscriptions
- support for further education and personal development
- study leave for work related courses
- access to a learning resource centre


Health and welfare

We offer you access to:
- our Employee Assistance Programme - for confidential advice and counselling
- an occupational sick pay scheme
- discounts a
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