Bridge Operator X2

Job title:
Bridge Operator x2

Directorate:
Highways, Engineering and YGC

Closing date:
04/05/2023 10:00

Job type/Hours:
Temporary year | 33 Hour

Salary:
£18,231 a year

Pay Scale:
GS1

Location(s):
Caernarfon

**Hours: 15:00 until 23:00 on the form of 4 shifft on, 4 shifft off (Averaged to 33 hours per week)**

**Yearly Salary: £18,231.16**

**Gwynedd Council offers an attractive employment package, for more information please click on this **Information Pack

Gwynedd Council operates internally through the medium of Welsh, and offers all its services bilingually. The applicant will be required to reach the linguistic level noted as one of the essential skills in the Person Specification.

For further information about this post please contact Gerallt Hughes on 07970975519

Interviews will be held - To be confirmed

Application forms and further details available from, Support Service, Gwynedd Council, Council Offices, Caernarfon, LL55 1SH

Tel: 01286 679076

**CLOSING DATE: 10.00 AM, THURSDAY, 04/05/2023.**

**If you would like support to apply, Gwaith Gwynedd is available to help Gwynedd residents get into work**
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**PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES**

**ESSENTIAL**

**DESIRABLE**
Background information about Aber Swing Bridge operations.

**QUALIFICATIONS AND RELEVANT TRAINING**

**ESSENTIAL**

**DESIRABLE**

**RELEVANT EXPERIENCE**
**ESSENTIAL**
Experience of working with computers and other equipment.

**DESIRABLE**
Experience of using video equipment.
Experience of operating machinery

**SKILLS AND SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE**

**ESSENTIAL**

**DESIRABLE**

**LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS**
**ESSENTIAL**
**Listening and Speaking - Foundation Level**
Able to maintain a simple conversation through the medium of Welsh and English in the everyday context of the post, using specific vocabulary that arises regularly, in order to present information. Able to present simple information through the medium of Welsh and English that hasn't been prepared beforehand and respond to questions.

**Reading and Understanding - Foundation Level**

**Writing - Foundation Level**

**Purpose of the Post.**
- Ensure that the people of Gwynedd are at the heart of everything we do.
- Open and close Aber Swing Bridge to both pedestrians and river traffic.

**Responsibility for functions. e.g. staff, budgets, equipment**
- Responsibility for equipment, machinery or goods relevant to the duties noted.
- Carry out routine maintenance checks of the Bridge and surrounding area in the mornings.

**Main Duties**
- Open and close Aber Swing Bridge to both pedestrians and river traffic in a safe manner.
- Ensure that the workplace is kept clean and tidy.
- Litter picking, painting and other maintenance work.
- Responsibility to protect the safety of self, co-workers and members of the public.
- The above list of duties is only an outline
- Responsibility for self-development.
- Ensure compliance with Health and Safety rules in the workplace in accordance with the responsibilities noted in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Council’s Health and Safety Policy.
- Operate within the Council’s policies in relation to equal opportunities and equality.
- Responsible for managing information in accordance with the Council’s information management guidelines. Ensure that personal information is treated in accordance with Data Protection legislation.
- Commitment to reducing the Council’s carbon emissions in accordance with the Carbon Management Plan, and to encourage others to act positively towards reducing the Council’s Carbon Footprint.
- Undertake any other reasonable duty which corresponds to the salary level and responsibility level of the job.
- Responsibility to report any concern or suspicion that a child or vulnerable adult is being abused.

**Special Circumstances. e.g. the need to work unsociable hours, special working arrangements etc.**
Aber Swing Bridge
- The Bridge is open 364 days a year from 7.00 am until 11.00 pm. The bridge is closed on Christmas Day. There will be a need to work shifts.