Job Title: Fencing Operative
Location: Eldersfield, GL19 4PN
Pay Rate: £12.21 - £13.00 per hour
Hours: Monday-Friday, 42.5 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Manpower are recruiting on behalf of our client for a Fencing Operative to join their team in Eldersfield. This is a great opportunity to develop your skills and work with Europe's leading provider of soft landscaping services and landscape creation projects.
As a Fencing Operative, you'll work as part of a small team to install a variety of timber and metal fencing on new build developments. You'll play a key role in supporting the Team Leader, maintaining plant and equipment, and ensuring all work meets high safety and quality standards.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Installing timber & metal fencing as part of a small team
2. Following company Health & Safety policies and procedures
3. Managing plant and equipment, including carrying out daily checks
4. Assisting the Team Leader with duties as required
5. Supporting wider project teams where additional manpower is needed
6. Always promoting a positive company image
Essential:
7. Full, clean driving licence
8. CSCS Card
9. Experience in hard/soft landscaping, arboriculture, or civil engineering environments
10. Strong communication skills
11. Good literacy and numeracy skills for completing documentation
12. Proactive approach to problem-solving
13. Excellent attitude towards Health & Safety
Desirable:
14. Construction plant certificates
15. Trailer licence (B+E)
16. At least one year's experience in a similar role
17. Training & Development
18. All staff follow a structured training plan, supporting growth and progression across essential and desirable skills.
Benefits
19. From 21 days holiday plus bank holidays.
20. All workwear & PPE
21. Discounts on retail, holidays, gym memberships, and more.
22. Colleague of the month and annual awards.
23. Enhanced maternity and shared parental leave.
24. Support for personal and professional challenges.
25. Resources to manage your finances.
26. Secure your future.
27. Two days per year to support a cause of your choice.
28. Comprehensive resources and support.
About our client:
You will work for a company that genuinely cares and has a strong Sustainability Strategy with a focus on responsibility at the heart of their three pillars of People, Planet and Performance. Our client is Europe's leading provider of soft landscaping services and landscape creation projects. As the top soft landscaping provider in the UK, they offer a comprehensive range of services, including professional open space management, soft landscaping design and build, tree surgery, civil engineering, outdoor facilities management, biodiversity management, and waterways management.