Construction Bricklayer - Craft Operative

Canal and River Trust; Coventry; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional waterways maintenance organization is seeking a Craft Operative (Bricklayer all-rounder) to improve, maintain, and preserve canal infrastructure. Responsibilities include refurbishing locks, bridges, and towpaths. Candidates should have bricklaying experience, a valid UK driving licence, and be prepared for travel across the West Midlands, including Coventry. This position involves a rota’d system with work required on statutory holidays and weekends.

Qualifications

• Experience in bricklaying and canal infrastructure work.
• Ability to work efficiently to safety and environmental standards.
• Valid UK driving licence and own transport required.

Responsibilities

• Refurbish or repair canal infrastructure including locks, bridges, and aqueducts.
• Work across specific stretches of regional waterways.
• Support work in other areas as required.

Job description

Job Description

We are looking for a Craft Operative (Bricklayer all‑rounder) to join our team.

As a Craft Operative for our waterway you will play an important role applying to help us improve, maintain, and preserve our wonderful network for our customers to enjoy today and into the future. This will involve undertaking the refurbishment or repair of canal infrastructure including locks, bridges, aqueducts, towpaths and associated equipment, working efficiently to defined safety, environmental and heritage standards at all times.

The post holders will be required to work an annualised hour’s system which includes working a rota’d system including statutory holidays and weekends. Our Craft Operatives look after specific stretches of our regional waterways, however the team are naturally called upon to support work in other areas as required, so you need to have your own transport and valid UK driving licence.

Location & coverage

Administratively based out of Fradley Junction, this role will require regular travel across the West Midlands region and support other regions when required. The majority of the teams work is concentrated south of Fradley junction in Litchfield, Birmingham, Coventry, Leamington Spa. This will include the Birmingham Canal Navigations...