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Depot Operative
July 28, 2023 | Comments Off on Depot Operative
Can you imagine a world without transportation links via land, sea or air? Nor can we! Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Transportation and make a difference. Supporting the movement of people, goods and equipment.
Location: Wellingborough, Northamptonshire
Contract: Full time
Salary: Competitive + Benefits + Pension
Responsibilities
As Depot Operative you'll be working within the Delivery team, supporting them with management of the depot.
Your day to day will include:
- Accepting and processing deliveries, handling pool vehicles as directed
- Daily loading and unloading of materials onto and from works or delivery vehicles using a wheeled loading shovel/forks
- Managing salt deliveries, undertaking treatment of emergency spillages or salting during, maintaining fuel stocks and distribution, loading vehicles & skips
- Policing of health & safety and PPE requirements within the depot, accounting of stock levels including issuing of materials, PPE etc.
- Undertaking depot inspections, cleaning the depot when required and monitoring of environmental issues within the depot
Who are we looking for?
This role of Depot Operative is great for you if you can:
- Show a willingness to develop and learn within a highway's maintenance environment, work outside and experience in the safe use and inspection of hand tools
- Drive and hold a full driving licence with HGV class 2 entitlements and CPCS (A21) - Loading Shovel Training - Wheeled
- Use Microsoft Word, Excel and emails to communicate with teams
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.
If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at to discuss and arrange these.
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
- Kier's Green Car Scheme
- A huge range of deals and discounts at many your favourite brands
Who is Kier?
We're made up of six business units, Group Functions, Construction, Transportation, Natural Resources, Networks, Nuclear and Property, and as a group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK. Take a look at our sustainability objectives:
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.
You can see more about our D&I action plan here:
Closing date: 24 August 2023
Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.
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