HGV Driver / Highway Maintenance Operative
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Key details:
* Location: Oban
* Category: Operations
* Full Time / Permanent, 40 Hours per week, Monday to Friday, OT & On Call Rota
BEAR Scotland is a leading provider of highway maintenance services across Scotland. We manage and maintain over 2,000km of Scotland’s trunk road network, tackling just about every imaginable task and working round the clock to keep Scotland moving.
The North West Trunk Road Unit spans some 1,422km of trunk road through some of the most scenic parts of the country, covering a huge area of Scotland from Thurso and Wick in the very north of the Highlands down to Campbeltown in Argyll and Bute, from Uig on Skye to Perth and Stirling. We have vacancies for HGV Drivers / Highway Maintenance Operatives to join our existing operations team. You will report to the Operations Supervisor and Operations Manager and will help keep Scotland moving.
Responsibilities and Activities
* Winter maintenance duties including fitting gritter body and blade, driving gritter, and spreading salt by hand if required.
* Winter maintenance rota during the winter months driving our state-of-the-art snow ploughs when conditions dictate.
* Responsibility for the health and safety of the public, colleagues and yourself.
* Carriageway patching.
* Traffic sign erection.
* Drainage works.
* Footway improvements.
* Traffic management.
* Cyclic duties such as grip cleaning, sign washing and gully cleaning.
* Prepare written returns including fault report details.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
* HGV Licence.
* Knowledge of the requirement for Health and Safety rules and procedures.
* Previous experience as a roadworker is desirable; training can be provided.
* There is a requirement to undertake training and to achieve competence in aspects of the job.
* Physically fit for working in sometimes arduous conditions.
* Experience of using small plant.
* Holding tickets for plant, traffic management, and Health and Safety is an advantage.
In Return, We Provide
* A competitive salary.
* Generous holiday entitlement.
* Pension scheme.
* Access to a range of employee benefits including annual leave purchase, Cycle to Work scheme, and our Employee Assistance Programme.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, committed to promoting fairness, inclusion, and diversity across all areas of our business.
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