Poling Operative

Job Title: Poling Operative (with and without HGV category C licence)

Location: Hampshire and Berkshire

**Salary**: £30k plus depending on experience

We are Kier, one of the UK’s leading construction and infrastructure services, working on projects such as BT ONSA, and we’re looking for a Poling Operative to join our Telecoms team in the Hampshire and Berkshire area.

Key Responsibilities:
Working on the BT ONSA contract in Hampshire and Berkshire. You will be building/maintaining the BT Openreach Network, replacing, planting, dressing and maintaining poles for the Overhead Network.
- Full Driver’s License (each crew will require a minimum of one HGV C category licence holder to drive a poling truck)
- Willing and able to travel around Hampshire and Berkshire including the Isle Of White as required.
- Can do attitude and able to work outside in all weather conditions
- Have or had experience in overhead network cabling
- Confident with working at heights
- Excellent communication skills
- Risk assessment and hazard identification and a strong focus on Health and Safety practices.

Desirable
- Poling and Civils experience within the telecoms industry
- Hold valid minimum NRSWA street works operative unit 2
- Hold or have held Openreach overhead and cabling accreditation modules, including K8, N27, N28, A8, O02, O03, O04, O05, O07, O01, O06, A12, A14.
- HIAB Qualification - ALLMI or ITSSAR
- IPAF Certificate of Competency
- Class C Driving License (for HGV Driver/ Operative roles specifically)
- Certificate of Professional Competence (for HGV Driver/ Operative roles specifically)
- Digital Tachograph card (for HGV Driver/ Operative roles specifically)

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
- Company vehicle & fuel card (company use only)
- Generous annual leave entitlement
- A fantastic, matched pension scheme
- Med24- A 24-hour, 7 days a week online GP service available to you and your family

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: 17 September 2023

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