Drainage Operative

TN United Kingdom; Wellingborough; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Drainage Operative in Wellingborough, where your contributions will support essential transportation services. In this role, you'll engage in vital maintenance tasks, ensuring highway drainage systems are operational. With a focus on teamwork and safety, you'll lead daily operations while enjoying competitive benefits. This position offers the chance to work outdoors, tackle challenges in all weather, and make a tangible impact on your community. If you thrive in dynamic environments and value safety, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Competitive Annual Holiday Entitlement

Life Assurance

Tailored Benefits Package

Qualifications

• Ability to lift and perform manual work outdoors in all weather conditions.
• Comfortable communicating with team and public.

Responsibilities

• Support cyclical gully cleansing programme and reactive services.
• Lead operative in a 2-person crew, ensuring health and safety.

Skills

Manual Work

Communication Skills

Health and Safety Compliance

Driving HGV

Education

Driving License

Tools

Handheld Recording Devices

Job description

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We're looking for a Drainage Operative to join our Transportation team based in Wellingborough. Within this role, you can enjoy competitive annual holiday entitlement, life assurance, and more.

Can you envision a world without transportation links by land, sea, or air? Neither can we! Your journey is our journey. Join us at Kier Transportation, where we work brilliantly together to make a difference, supporting the movement of people, goods, and equipment.

Location: Wellingborough, Northamptonshire

Hours: 45 hours per week – Evening / Nights

What will you be responsible for?

As a Drainage Operative, you'll work within the Maintenance team, supporting the cyclical gully cleansing programme and reactive services to ensure highway drainage assets are operational.

Your day-to-day will include:

• Using handheld recording devices to capture work information
• Carrying out daily vehicle checks, reporting defects, and keeping vehicles clean and tidy
• Participating in out-of-hours incident response and winter service duties
• Being the lead operative in a 2-person crew, taking responsibility for daily tasks, health and safety, and completion of all required paperwork

What are we looking for?

This role of Drainage Operative is ideal if:

• You can lift and perform manual work outdoors in all weather conditions; a current driving licence with the ability to drive HGV is required
• You feel comfortable communicating with your team and members of the public
• You are able to follow and understand Kier's policies and procedures, providing a safe working environment, with flexibility to cover varying shift patterns and emergency responses

Rewards and benefits

We offer a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. More information on benefits can be found here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a priority for us. We are proud of the steps we've taken and continue to strive for improvement. Our employees help shape our diversity and inclusion initiatives, impacting how we work. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants meeting the minimum criteria will be offered an interview.

We look forward to receiving your application. #joinkier