Location: Yeovil, Somerset |
Salary: £12.00 - £14.80 per hour + PAYE/LTD |
Posted: 4 months ago |
Contract Type: Temporary or Contract |
Industry: Civil Engineering |
Contact Name: Julia Glancy |
Highways Operative (Winter drivers LGV/HGV)
Job Description
We require Highways Operatives to undertake all aspects of highways maintenance with HGV/LGV licence and CPC drivers qualification :
Contract: from 14th September 2020 to 04th April 2021
Standard Working hours are Mon - Fri 07:45hrs -16:30hrs - 8 hrs per day
Location: Yeovil BA22 8RP
Essential:
LGV/HGV licence
CPC Drivers qualification card
CSCS card
You will also have to undertake standby duties for Winter and emergency response on a weekly rota basis which would be for 7 days of the week outside of t normal working hours so it would be 16:30hrs - 07:45hrs Mon - Fri & 24hrs per day on sat & sun ( also covering Bank Holidays ).
Weekly standby: £192.50
Call-outs for EMERGENCY MAINTENANCE are paid at a minimum of 2 hours @ £14.30 p/h for each call-out Monday - Saturday and £19.00 p/h for Sunday and Bank holidays
To undertake duties associates with the maintenance and construction of public highways maintained by Somerset Highways. The successful candidate will need to be available to undertake winter and emergency maintenance out of hour's activities on a standby rota basis throughout the year.
MAIN DUTIES:
- The erecting and removal of appropriate signs, barriers, warning lamps etc in accordance with the Code of Practice
- The preparation, application, compaction and removal of soils, rocks, coated and other materials
- Work on Highways furniture, equipment and similar fixtures(e.g. Erection, maintenance, fixing and/or dismantling)
- General maintenance of highway environs. Work to precise levels and requirements in construction work in a number of tasks (e.g. Drain laying, trench timbering, manhole concreting, kerb laying, fencing, walling, flag and block paving, signing works) to be a competent in at least 3 of these tasks and maintain all other disciplines as required to cover the highways network.
- Driving of vehicles requiring specialist LGV Class C driving skills or prepared to undertake appropriate training. Drive all of the plant and equipment necessary for the required disciplines for maintenance and drainage on Highways and Network
This vacancy is advertised on behalf of Barker Ross Recruitment
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