Grab Driver

We’re looking for a **Grab Driver **to join our Utilities team (Water & Energy) based form our depot in St Austell.

**Location**: St Austell, Cornwall

**Contract**: Permanent - Full time

**Responsibilities**

Kier Utilities brings the built environment to life, keeping people and businesses connected. In this role, you will be working on our National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED), where we work on maintaining the client electricity distribution network across the chosen area.

**Your day to day will include**:

- Responsible for backfill and servicing of excavations both on the public highway and on private land
- Providing support to the teams to remove excavated material and import clean stone for backfilling purposes
- Assisting the teams with backfilling and site clearance, ensuring compliance of backfill operations regarding materials, compaction, cavity depths, cover levels and overall quality control
- Completing site risk assessments and quality checks, receiving and updating scheduled work, quality control and record keeping via an electronic tablet
- Transporting store and materials around the company area to support depots.

**What are we looking for?**
- Holder of a valid Category C driving licence is essential.
- CPC Licence, Lorry Loader / Grab (clamshell ticket) and NRSWA Streetworks, however we can provide this training if not
- Experience of Drivers’ hours regulations & daily vehicle checks and defect reporting

**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
- A competitive annual holiday entitlement
- 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family
- Kier’s Green Car Scheme
- A huge range of deals and discounts at many of your favourite brands including supermarkets, restaurants & travel providers

And so much more You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website.

**Who is Kier?**

As a leading UK infrastructure services, construction and property group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We take pride in bringing specialist knowledge, sector leading experience and fresh thinking to all that we do.

We are collaborative, trusted and focused, and we will empower you to achieve your career goals, and listen to your thoughts, ideas and challenges.

**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.

**Closing date**:14 April 2023