Grounds Operative - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - Qiagen

Qiagen

Verified Company

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

About the role
As a General Operative within Grounds Maintenance, you will have the following accountabilities:

Role Purpose:

Required to work within the Grounds Maintenance team at Edinburgh Airport supporting the completion of planned and reactive tasks along with emergency and winter maintenance operational activities;
Ensure that work equipment is maintained in accordance with good Health, Safety and Quality standards

What you'll be doing

What you'll be doing

As a
General Operative you will:

Compliance:

Work within a culture of Zero Harm embedding the 4 Golden Rules within all aspects of service delivery;

Report all observations

Close Calls and Good Practices;
Compliance with all statutory and company procedures across all the functions, specifically H & S;
Develop and maintain good working relationships across all teams

Technical / Operations:

Grass cutting, strimming and vegetation clearance
Assisting SEPA through water sampling of water courses
Litter picking
Gritting during the winter period and top up of grit bins
Assist with civils and project works as required

Service Delivery:

Carry out all reasonable work instructions;
Be on call on a rota basis as required for emergency service provision in and out of hours;
Be on call on a rota basis as required for the delivery of winter service provision gritting;

Customer Service:

Provide a high level of customer service
Be an ambassador for Balfour Beatty at all times.

Who we're looking for

You will have the following:
Who we're looking for

Personal Qualities and Experience:

The following qualities are essential:

Health and Safety first;
Adaptable to changing situations;
Team work;
Reliable;
Willing to learn;
Listen to and do what is required;
Pride in work;
Honest / Act with integrity;
Customer facing;
Positive Attitude;
Professional Conduct;
Good Communication skills.

The following experience is essential:

Work in maintenance arena;
Computer literate.

The following Qualifications are essential:

CSCS;

The following Qualifications are desirable:

Class 2 Licence;
CPCS;
Telescopic Handler.
Tractor

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.

At Edinburgh Airport we have been on site delivering a grounds maintenance service along with project works since 2004.

The length of time we have been on site is entirely down to the team we have in place and the relationship we have built up with our customer.

You will be a key part of this going forward.

About us
Balfour Beatty has been operating in Scotland for over a century.

Today, we directly employ 2,000 colleagues across Scotland and work with a supply chain that includes a substantial proportion of local businesses.

Significant projects in the company's current portfolio include the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - Biomes Initiative and the Institute for Regeneration and Repair and the Edinburgh Futures Institutes projects for the University of Edinburgh.

We recently completed Glasgow Queen Street Station Redevelopment for Network Rail, the University of Strathclyde's Learning and Teaching building, Forth Valley College's Falkirk Campus and the A9 Dualling Luncarty to Pass of Birnam for Transport Scotland.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment.

We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Job Reference:
BBUK03708