Job Details

Weand#39;re looking for Highways Maintenance Operative to join our Transportation team based in Bridgwater. Within this role, you can enjoy a fantastic, pension scheme, a competitive annual holiday entitlement, and even 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 are working brilliantly together to make a difference, supporting the movement of people, goods, and equipment.

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Location: Bridgwater, Somerset

Contract: Permanent, Full time

Salary: -27,976- to -29,000 depending on experience + call out + overtime

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

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What will you be responsible for?

As a Highways Maintenance Operative, youand#39;ll be working within the Operative team, supporting them with the efficient and timely delivery of highway service requirements across the Somerset network. Carrying out reactive works, emergency response, minor civils works / improvement works, involvement with winter maintenance activity will be necessary along with supporting severe weather operations where required.

Your day to day will include:

• Contributing to the promotions of customer care by working closely with team members, ensuring client and network users are dealt with in a polite and courteous manner
• Responding to defects on the highway within-designated timescales, ensuring relevant parties are updated through tablets devices (applications), including installation and removal of emergency traffic management signage
• Using tablet devices-(applications) at incidents and emergency repairs on the network and where required completing any required record sheets, utilising the tablet devices in providing accurate records of works on the network
• Conducting daily defect reports on vehicles and ensure vehicles are cleaned and maintained in good order

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What are we looking for?

This role of Highways Maintenance Operative is great for you if:

• Drive and hold a full driving licence (LGV training will be provided once you meet necessary business targets)
• Can work on-your own initiative and as part of a team communicating faults or issues

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Weand#39;re all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you donand#39;t tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards and benefits

Weand#39;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. Weand#39;re proud of the steps weand#39;ve taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kierand#39;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 Dandamp;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.