Operative

VolkerWessels UK Ltd; Bickenhill; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK construction company is seeking a Batcher Operative to join their Aviation business at Birmingham Airport. The successful candidate will operate a concrete batching plant, ensuring quality and safety while managing stock levels. Previous construction experience is beneficial, and a full clean driving licence is required. This role offers competitive rewards including training and development opportunities, private medical care, and employee assistance programs.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Annual leave plus an additional day off on your birthday

Private medical care

Pension

Life Assurance

Cycle to Work scheme

Training and development opportunities

Family friendly policies

Qualifications

• Previous experience within the construction industry is beneficial but not essential.
• Full clean driving licence is required.
• Ability to plan, organise, and prioritise workload.

Responsibilities

• Operate a concrete batching plant to mix and produce concrete.
• Run the plant, monitor equipment, and perform quality control tests.
• Maintain a clean and safe site and manage raw material stock levels.

Skills

Site safety awareness

Ability to work under pressure

Organisational skills

Job description

VolkerFitzpatrick offers a range and depth of civil engineering, infrastructure and building services. We contribute to vital parts of the nation's life through projects of strategic importance, while delivering those less visible, yet essential, works required by both private and public sectors. We build, renew, maintain highways, airports, railway infrastructure, and commercial, industrial and educational buildings.

We have a superb opportunity for a Batcher Operative to join our Aviation business working on our project at Birmingham Airport.

You will operate a concrete batching plant to mix and produce concrete to specific client and quality requirements. You will be responsible for running the plant, monitoring equipment, performing quality control tests, maintaining a clean and safe site, and managing raw material stock levels.

About You

• Previous experience within the construction industry (beneficial but not essential).
• A full clean driving licence.
• The ability to work well under pressure, plan, organise, and prioritise workload while meeting tight deadlines.
• A strong awareness of site safety standards and practices.

If your past experience doesn't match perfectly with every requirement of the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for us.

Why Work with Us?

VolkerFitzpatrick is under the umbrella of VolkerWessels UK which is a multidisciplinary contractor that delivers innovative engineering solutions across the civil engineering and construction sectors including rail, highways, airport, marine, energy, water, and environmental infrastructure.

By utilising the specialist skills of each business unit within VolkerWessels UK, VolkerFitzpatrick are able to ensure our staff provide unrivalled resources and expertise to our clients.

We offer competitive rewards and benefits, recognising the value we place on our employees.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Competitive annual leave and an additional day off on your birthday
• Option to buy additional annual leave
• Private medical care
• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Shopping and restaurants vouchers, rewards, and discounts
• Training and development opportunities-comprehensive skills-based training
• Family friendly polices including enhanced maternity benefits
• Employee Assistance programme
• Mental health, physical health, and financial support
• 24/7 Virtual GP service
• Fairness, inclusion and respect

We believe in pushing boundaries in the pursuit of fairness, inclusion and respect. So, our teams can be comfortable that, whatever their background, VolkerWessels UK is a place where they can be themselves and thrive.

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Note for Recruitment Agencies

Our preference is to hire directly, and we will reach out to our Preferred Supplier List (PSL) agencies if this particular role qualifies for release.

We kindly request that you refrain from sending speculative CVs. In the event of speculative CV submissions, no fees will be applicable, and we kindly ask that all inquiries to be directed

VolkerWessels UK is committed to maintaining healthy, safe and productive working conditions for its entire staff and therefore a drugs & alcohol screening is mandatory for all