Sign Builder

We’re looking for a Sign Builder to join our Nordis Signs team based in Northampton, who are part of Kier Group. We are a supported business, proud to employ and work with people that have disabilities or long-term health conditions and we currently hold leader status in the disability confident scheme. Within this role, you can enjoy a competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave, an earlier finish every Friday at 1:30pm, 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family plus even more.

Location: Northampton

Contract: Full time

Responsibilities

As Sign Builder, you’ll be working within the sign building team, supporting them to produce high-quality road traffic and commercial signage using various substrates adhering to the detail of the customer order.

Your day to day will include:

• Cutting and laminating vinyl, machine operating including maintenance
• Monthly stocktaking duties
• Loading and off-loading goods
• Interpreting customer orders accurately by understanding different signage and manufacturing techniques

Who are we looking for?

This role of Sign Builder is great for you if you can:

• Demonstrate accuracy in current/previous roles with the ability to communicate across different teams
• Understand health & safety processes and able to work with hand tools / light machinery
• Produce a full driving licence with forklift qualification or willing to work towards driving a forklift

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: 15th February 2023

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