Roadworker

We’re looking for a Roadworker to join our team based in Towcester. Within this role, you can enjoy a competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave, 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family plus even more.

Location: Towcester, Northamptonshire

Contract: Full time

Responsibilities

As Roadworker, you’ll be working within the Maintenance team, supporting them with the maintenance and construction of roads, footways, drainage, and surfacing

Your day to day will include:

• Placing, spreading, levelling and compaction of stone, coated materials, concrete to accurate levels, digging, forking, raking, seeding grass and other horticultural operations
• Operating light plant machinery including compressors, rollers, disc cutters, vibrating plates, including responsibility for their daily maintenance and checks, also driving vans, pickups, and lorries under 7.5 tonnes
• Assisting skilled operatives in kerbing, drainage, concrete work, flag and block paving, bricklaying, drainage works, surfacing and surface repair, excavation of soil, rock, asphalt, concrete etc using hand and powered tools
• Hand sweeping, cleaning, litter picking, loading, unloading and general handling of materials and equipment, participating in winter maintenance and emergency standby and call out duties if required

Who are we looking for?

This role of Roadworker is great for you if you can:

• Holds an operator’s certificate in at least one relevant piece of plant and major equipment
• Display knowledge of health and safety in respect of self, the team, and members of the public
• Drive and have a full driving licence with HGV Class 2

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
• Wellbeing resources
• Life assurance
• A huge range of deals and discounts at many your favourite brands

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

Closing date: 16th December 2022

Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.