Field Operative

Seven Resourcing is working with Leicestershire County Council to recruit for a Field Operative within their Environment and Transport Department in the Operational Highways service.

Responsible to the Highway Service Supervisor.

Responsible for Occasional supervision of apprentices and hired plant employees.

Key Relationships/Liaison with Staff of the County Council & District Councils, other Contractors, the public, Government Departments, Statutory Undertakers, Consultants, Developers, outside bodies who (act as clients or) provide goods, services and information.

This is initially for 2 months with the possibility of extension.

Job Purpose: To work as part of a team to deliver a best value, customer-focussed service throughout Leicestershire and occasionally, surrounding counties. You will work flexibly, efficiently and effectively to maintain highways, footpaths and structures in accordance with statutory requirements.

Activities included in this job specification are: Quick Response; General Maintenance; Drainage; Road-mender, Gully Emptying, Camera Van, occasional Construction and Surfacing.

Duties and Responsibilities:

To undertake various maintenance works following safe working procedures, and using equipment and power tools. The list below is indicative of the types of work, but is not exhaustive:

Kerb laying, footway and carriageway construction, excavations, drainage, block paving, slabbing, brickwork to manholes, routine gully emptying, attend to drainage problems, laying bitumen, spreading, levelling and laying of materials to lines and levels, and support on Construction and Surfacing activities.

Drive/operate specialist plant to perform all highways operations, and use equipment such as saws, compaction equipment etc to meet contractual requirements.

Carry out daily routine maintenance to appropriate vehicle and plant, complying with relevant legislation (e.g driver’s hours regulations, European Drivers Regulations, safe loads and weights) to ensure safe and continued use.

Use appropriate equipment and procedures to detect and locate underground services to protect operatives and prevent damage to apparatus.

The nature of the work may involve the jobholder carrying out activities outside of normal working hours, including night, weekends and public holidays, in all weather conditions to meet the needs of the service.

The postholder will be scheduled into a mandatory call-out rota to cover evening, weekend and public holiday emergencies. Exclusion will apply to employees aged under 21.

Working hours will start and finish at the depot.

The postholder is responsible for getting themselves to/from the depot on a daily basis.

The postholder will be expected to start from, and travel to other depots and or sites, as directed, in order to fulfil departmental work programmes, subject to LCC terms and conditions regarding mileage allowance claims.

The post holder will work (as instructed by a Supervisor or other Manager) with other individuals, gangs, teams or alone (within lone worker monitoring procedures).

The postholder will attend Health Surveillance appointments as required.

The postholder will be required to attend, from time to time, training courses, conferences, seminars or other meetings as required.

Expenses will be paid in accordance with the Local Terms and Conditions of Service.

The postholder will, by local arrangement, be entitled to additional pay when they assume the lead role on site, where operatives are working together on the same or lower grades.

Applicant Requirements:

Qualifications:

NVQ 2 in Highways Maintenance or similar

Skilled Road-worker Trades Test Assessment

New Roads and Streetworks Act (NRSWA) Qualification (Operative)

Accredited and relevant H&S Training Records and Certification (e.g. NPORS plant operator, Appointed Person, etc).

Valid Large Goods Vehicle Licence and CPC Trained with current DQC Card

Experience:

Working in a highways or civil engineering environment

Able to take measurements and calculate quantities e.g. areas, volumes and weights

Use of information technology (eg personal computer, PDS, mobile phones etc) in a work-related context

Use of underground detection equipment

Compliance:  Up to date Passport and Drivers Licence.

Travel:  Clean UK driving license with the ability to commute to and from work independently.

Hours:  37 hours p/w.

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