Highways Maintenance Operative

June 20, 2022 | Comments Off on Highways Maintenance Operative

Job Title: Highways Maintenance Operative

Location: Birmingham

Business Area: Highways

Contract & hours: Full Time, Permanent,

Salary: £competitive salary + package

We are Kier, one of the UK's leading construction and infrastructure services, working on projects such as Local and Strategic Highways

We are now recruiting for a Highways Maintenance Operative to join our Highways team in Birmingham to provide assistance with maintaining a substantially weed free Network and re-planting programme

Key Responsibilities

To work as part of two operative teams. During the summer months, weed spraying along the hard standing surfaces of the Birmingham Network with a daily target of 20,000m2. During the winter months, trees will need to be planted as part of our re-planting programme with targets determined on the number of trees to plant in total.

What do we need from you?

  • A full UK driving license.
  • Physically capable to cover 20,000m2 throughout the spraying season and plant tree during the planting season.
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.

  • New and enhanced family friendly policies with 8 weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave and important guidance on the menopause and the support we can offer
  • A competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave.
  • A fantastic matched pension scheme
  • Share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans.
  • 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family
  • Kier's Green Car Scheme
  • A huge range of deals and discounts at many your favourite brands
  • And many many more!
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Closing Date: 18th July 2022

Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.

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