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Operative

March 9, 2023 | Comments Off on Operative

Kier Highway Solutions is currently seeking reliable and hardworking White and Black Top Operatives to join our highway maintenance team. The successful candidate will be responsible for highway maintenance defect repairs and reinstatement works.

Can you imagine a world without roads or bridges? Nor can we! Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Highways and make a difference. Connecting roads, connecting people.

Location: Wymondham, Norfolk
Contract: Permanent, Full Time
Salary: £Competitive

Key Responsibilities:

  • Repair and maintain roads, driveways, and other asphalt surfaces, including patching potholes and filling cracks
  • Lay asphalt to required thickness and finish to a smooth and even surface
  • Operate and maintain paving equipment, including asphalt pavers, rollers, and trucks
  • Ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations, including the use of personal protective equipment and traffic management procedures
  • Willingness to work in shifts and be available to work overtime when required
Who we are looking for:

  • Minimum of 3-year experience working in a similar role
  • Good knowledge of health and safety regulations
  • Current CSCS card, New Roads & Streetworks Card
  • Experience operating heavy machinery is a plus
On-the-job training will be provided to ensure the successful candidate is fully competent in the operation of our grab lorry and familiar with our company's policies and procedures.

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
  • A fantastic matched pension scheme
  • Life assurance
  • Wellbeing resources
  • Kier's Green Car Scheme
And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website: https://www.kier.co.uk/reward-and-benefits-summary-operatives/

Who is Kier?

We're made up of six business units, Group Functions, Construction, Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities 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: 8th April 2023

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