About the role
The opportunity to create is all around you. Whatever your level, whatever your role, whatever the project, you'll be able to take initiative here and get stuck in. Join our Living Places team as a General Operative based out of our site at Clapham, Worthing and shape something special.
The successful candidate will be working As a Highway Maintenance operative, carrying out services with ground working and drainage.
In addition, the role will be required to assist our sign and structures gangs when we have either holiday leave or sickness elsewhere in the wider team.
If you want to progress your career, learn new skills in a challenging and exciting environment, this role will suit you perfectly.
What you'll be doing
As a General Operative, you will have the following accountabilities:
1. Carry out a broad range of Highway maintenance activities - safety, efficiently and to a high standard
2. Utilise the effective deployment and use of plant, equipment or machinery
3. Select and undertake appropriate work methods to ensure the work is completed right first time
4. Ensure that work activities meet project work requirements
5. Working within a culture of Zero Harm embedding the 4 Golden Rules within all aspects of service delivery
6. Report all observations Close Calls and Good Practices
7. Carry out all reasonable work instructions via the handheld device
8. Courteous at all times in the public domain.
Who we're looking for
For this role, we're looking for someone who is hard working, flexible in their approach and who is used to working outdoors, often in challenging weather conditions.
In addition, the ideal candidate will:
9. Hold a full UK drivers licence at the time of joining (due to base location)
10. Have construction industry experience
11. Hold a CSCS card at the appropriate level
12. Have a good level of physical fitness
13. Have the ability to work as part of a team and/or individually
14. Have the ability to work outside of normal working hours
15. Possess good timekeeping skills
16. Have the ability to communicate at all levels.
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UKs most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us?
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasnt rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package thats right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more