Operative Vn3314
1 month ago
**Operative VN3314**:
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**Business Area: Highways Operatives**:
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**Vacancy Base: Jubilee House, Depot Road, Hounslow,**
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***County: Middlesex TW31SN**
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**Contract Type: Permanent**
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**Hours: 40**
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**Ringway is a market leader in the Highways Term Maintenance Industry, responsible for looking after over 50,000 kms of the UK’s highways network. We take pride in offering a dedicated, flexible approach which supports our clients, underpinned by the recruitment, development and retention of a locally based workforce. We want you to grow your career in a way that suits you, whether that is making the best of your skills in a role you enjoy, or developing new skills as you progress with our company.**
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**Activities of the team/department that this role will operate in;**
**Works location is the London Borough of Hounslow.**
**Travel nationwide required for Training.**
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**Purpose of the role and your responsibilities;**
- **To carry out general maintenance works and operations, working with a Ganger, undertaking a wide range of routine and cyclical works.**:
- **To respond to emergencies and call outs during or out of hours on rotas as required and assist with winter maintenance activities.**:
- **Effectively deliver highway maintenance services including but not limited to; reactive maintenance to modular and asphalt footways and carriageway, street furniture, street lighting, drainage and winter maintenance.**:
- **Focus on health and safety of operatives, colleagues and the public**:
- **Prioritise tasks to avoid performance target failures**:
- **Focus on delivering projects within defined time and financial target.**:
- **Accurate submission of time reports including timesheets and / or papyrus**:
- **Take part in winter maintenance service**:
- **To actively foster a positive staff morale.**:
- **To willingly carry out any reasonable task as requested by a member of management.**
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**Formal qualifications required;**
**NRSWA,**
**C&G Winter Service,**
**Banksman**
**Manual Handling**
**Abrasive Wheels**
**Emergency First Aid**
**Safe Dig**
**Current Driving License**
**Traffic Management 12D**
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**Skills required;**
**Enthusiastic, team player**
**Flexible in terms of hours worked and attitude**
**Effective communication**
**Good telephone manner**
**Time Management**
**PC / Table literacy**
**Organisational skills**
**Accuracy/attention to detail**
**Ability to work with mínimal supervision**
**Demonstrated initiative**
**Ability to work to deadlines**
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**Experience required;**
**Steady work record with experience in a highway’s maintenance role**
**Proven experience in a skilled operative role,**
**Experience team work I multiple teams carrying out Carriageway and Footway Patching, Black and White works, Street Lighting, Gully Cleansing, Emergency Call Out, Winter Service and Low Value Schemes**
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**Knowledge;**
**Prepared to participate fully in team work**
**Prepared to work varying hours to meet the needs of the business**
**Able to take responsibility for plant, equipment and vehicle defect inspections**
**To understand and be responsible for their own safety and that of others**
**To be available for emergency and/or winter call outs**
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**Personal qualities;**
**Enthusiastic, team player**
**Flexible in terms of hours worked and attitude**
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**Awarded Investors in People Silver, a member of the 5% Club and recognised as an Investor in Diversity. Providing opportunity and growth for all our employees is the bedrock of our business, ensuring a safe, happy and productive workforce.**
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**We have a dedicated recruitment team and politely request that agencies refrain from contacting anyone across our businesses with regards to speculative CV’s or offering to assist with our vacancies, thank you.**
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**Ringway recognises the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements across many of our roles.
