We're looking for a Ganger to join our Highways team based in Wellingborough. Within this role, you can enjoy a fantastic, matched pension scheme, 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family, a competitive annual holiday entitlement, with opportunities to buy/sell leave and even more.
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: Wellingborough, Northamptonshire
Contract: Full time, 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Salary: £29,641.01 to £34,946.27 depending on experience + call out + overtime
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.
What will you be responsible for?
As Ganger you'll be working within the maintenance team, supporting them in leading a team to carry out a range of complex specialist tasks, referring to technical manuals and making technical judgements in relation to highway and / or construction activities.
Your day to day will include:
· Safekeeping and operation of specialist equipment, making sure that equipment is properly maintained and all PUWER (Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998) sheets are completed correctly
· Undertaking a variety of repair works to highways assets including carriageways, footways, kerbs, soft estate, signs and posts and ironworks.
· Giving guidance and training to colleagues, working to Kier, Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality standards, ensuring the economic use of materials
· Managing the works daily, ensuring the site is safe for both the operative and public
· Conducting point of work risk assessments to ensure that the work area is properly protected and safe-working procedures are being maintained
· Planning work with reference to drawings and technical documents as appropriate, using craft/technical skills, carrying out the work to the necessary standard of quality, taking measurements where required and completing any reports
What are we looking for?
This role of Ganger is great for you if you can:
· Lead teams successfully, work under pressure and deliver in a demanding environment
· Hold an SMSTS/SSSTS or similar qualification.
· Drive and hold a full driving licence
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.
Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here .
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 initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here .
As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.
We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier