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Highways Maintenance Operative
April 30, 2021 | Comments Off on Highways Maintenance Operative
Location: Penrith / Cumbria
Business Area: Highways Area 13
Contract: Permanent 42 hours per week
Make the journey. Leave a legacy.
Kier Group is the UK's leading highways service provider, delivering an incredibly diverse range of road, bridge and tunnel projects - from planning and programming stage through to delivery, maintenance and operation. We work with a wide range of partners such as local authorities and Highways England to improve the quality and safety of UK roads - making us the No.1 highways and tunnel maintenance team across the country, delivering over £1 billion of social value by maintaining 31,000km of roads used by six million people in their everyday lives. Area 13 network covers motorways and trunk roads in Cumbria and North Lancashire.
Great opportunity for a Highways Maintenance Operative to join the Highways Area 13 team. The main purpose of this role is to support the delivery of all routine and cyclic maintenance, winter service, emergency response and reactive repair works across the Area 13 network.
The role holder will require standard pre-employment checks. This includes; right to work in the UK, referencing, driving licence verification and a health assessment.
What do we need from you?
To be successful in this role you will ……….
- Capable of working under pressure within a safety critical role
- Self-motivated with good communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work as a member of a team
- Capable of working with minimal supervision
- Full driving licence
- Current first aid certificate (desirable)
- Experience in traffic management (desirable)
- HGV (desirable)
You can expect a competitive salary and a strong benefits package that includes:
- Free Life Assurance
- Access to our valuable pension scheme - Kier Retirement Savings Plan
- Generous annual leave allowance
- Options to participate in Cycle2Work and Payroll Giving schemes
- Two employee Share Scheme options
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to Kier Rewards, our exclusive Discount Shopping Site with deals available at over 800 retailers
- Plus, many more benefits geared to your wellbeing
It's worth remembering that if you are successful, we'll undertake the relevant / standard pre-employment checks after you have been offered a job. This includes taking up your references, verifying your right to work in the UK, verifying your driving licence (if applicable) and a health assessment. Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.
Make the journey. Leave a legacy.
Being part of Kier means living our values of?being Collaborative, Trusted and Focused.?We all have the potential to shape our world, and it's through these values that we will leave?a lasting legacy. Bring your talent and ambition to Kier and you will be given the scope and opportunity to invest in your own future, to build your expertise and contribute to a rich and diverse culture.
Kier is an inclusive employer.
Closing Date: 21st May 2021
Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.
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