Ganger

7 months ago


Wellingborough, United Kingdom Kier Group Full time

We're looking for a Ganger to join our Transportation team based in Wellingborough. Within this role, you can enjoy competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave, a fantastic, matched pension scheme, a share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans and even more

Can you envision a world without transportation links by land, sea, or air? Neither can we Your journey is our journey. Join us at Kier Transportation, where we are working brilliantly together to make a difference, supporting the movement of people, goods, and equipment.

**Location**: Wellingborough, Northamptonshire

**Contract**: Permanent, Full time

**What will you be responsible for?**

As a Ganger you'll be working within the Maintenance team, supporting them in leading a team, carrying out a range of complex specialist tasks, referring to technical manuals, and making technical judgments in relation to highway and /or construction activities.

Your day to day will include:

- Safekeeping and operation of specialist equipment, making sure that equipment is properly maintained and all PUWER (Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998) sheets are completed correctly
- Giving guidance and training to colleagues, working to Kiers health, safety, environmental, and quality standards, and ensuring the economic use of materials
- Managing the works daily, ensuring the site is safe for both the team and public
- Conducting point of work risk assessments, checking work areas are properly protected and safe-working procedures are being maintained
- Planning works by referring to drawings and technical documents as appropriate, using craft / technical skills, carrying out the work to the necessary standard of quality, taking measurements where required, and completing any reports

**What are we looking for?**

This role of Ganger is great for you if:

- You can lead teams successfully, work under pressure, and deliver in a demanding environment
- Hold an SMSTS / SSSTS or similar qualification
- Full driving licence

**Rewards and benefits**
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

**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 initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

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