GPR Surveyor

We’re looking for a GPR Surveyor to join our Utilities team based in Northampton. Within this role, you can enjoy progression opportunities, opportunity to work on a wide range of projects of all sizes and complexities, and even more.

Location: Northampton, Northamptonshire with a company van provided for travel to sites

Contract: Permanent, full time

Responsibilities

Kier Utilities brings the built environment to life, keeping people and business connected.

In this role, you will be working on our Anglian Water Alliance, where we work on maintaining, repairing, and upgrading the water network.

As a GPR Surveyor, you’ll be part of the team repsonsible for planned and reactive works and you will assist with pre-design, construction and delivery of the capital solutions and other network improvement schemes that fall within your area. This will include main laying schemes, DMA/DZ splits, DMA/DZ meter replacements, planned reactive large diameter and complex burst mains.

Your day to day will include:

• Playing a key part in pre-design surveying by carrying out intensive site surveys utilising ground penetrating radar

• Ensure data is uploaded and site information is transferred to design teams & engineers

• Through effective communication with your team and internal stakeholders, you’ll ensure that opportunities to maximise on benefits across delivery routes are identified

  
  

Who are we looking for?

This role of GPR Surveyor is great for you if:

• You hold the Professional Qualification of Level 3 Advanced EML Utility Surveyor Training

• Full Driving Licence

We’re all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don’t tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk to discuss and arrange these.

Benefits at Kier

We’re proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:

• New and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more

• A fantastic pension scheme

• A competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave.

• A huge range of deals and discounts at many your favourite brands

• 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family

  
  

And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website: www.kier.co.uk/careers/rewards-benefits

Who is Kier?

We’re made up of six business units, Group Functions, Construction, Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, and as a group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK. Take a look at our sustainability objectives: https://www.kier.co.uk/sustainability/

At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.

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 (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

You can see more about our D&I action plan here: https://www.kier.co.uk/media/6668/di-roadmap-2021.pdf