General Operative - Harrow, United Kingdom - Kier Group

Kier Group

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Harrow, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We're looking for a General Operative to join our Transportation Team based in Staines.

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 imagine a world without roads or bridges? Nor can we Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Transportation and make a difference.

Connecting roads, connecting people.

Location:
Wraysbury Junction 13, Staines, Middlesex

Contract:
Full time, nights and days

Responsibilities

As a General Operative, you'll be working within the Highways operations team forming part of a large work force 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
Using technology such as tablets for record keeping and point of work risk assessments

Who are we looking for?
This role of a General Operative is great for you if you have:

A full driving licence with HGV (Minimum Class 3)
Current or previous NRSWA accreditations
A strong grasp of health and safety within the highways industry

Benefits at Kier

We're proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs.

Some of our favourites include:

New and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more
A fantastic matched pension scheme
Life assurance
Wellbeing resources
Opportunities to buy and sell leave

Who is Kier?

At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress.

We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.

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 (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

**Closing date: 25 August 2023