Drainage Operative

3 weeks ago

King's Lynn, United Kingdom Water Management Alliance Full time

**JOB VACANCY: DRAINAGE OPERATIVE (King’s Lynn IDB)**

**ANNUAL SALARY: £21,000 - £30,000, PLUS ATTRACTIVE BENEFITS PACKAGE**

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Drainage Operative to join the Water Management Alliance (WMA) Group of Internal Drainage Boards (IDBs). This opportunity is to work as a**Drainage Operative** within the Operations Delivery Team of the **King’s Lynn IDB**.

The appointment offers a competitive salary depending on qualifications and experience, together with the Local Government Pension Scheme, and the opportunity to progress as the business develops.

For more information about the WMA, King’s Lynn IDB and this position please see the job description and person specification below. Please also feel free to contact Rob Taylor the Operations Manager, with any questions regarding the opportunity.

Industrial Estate, King’s Lynn, Norfolk PE30 1PH.

**Job title**:Drainage Operative
**Team/Section**:King’s Lynn Internal Drainage Board (KLIDB)
**Department**:Operations Team
**Location**:King’s Lynn IDB Drainage District
**Responsible to**:Operations Manager, KLIDB
**Responsible for**:No line management responsibilities
**Grade/Salary**:£21,000 to £29,000 (dependent upon experience and overtime)
**Duration**:Full time, Permanent
**Employer**:King’s Lynn IDB trading as the Water Management Alliance

**Context**

The **Water Management Alliance **is a group of like-minded Internal Drainage Boards (“IDBs”) operating in the Anglian Region of England who share vision, values, and standards, and have chosen to jointly administer their affairs in order to reduce costs, strengthen their own organisations and increase influence at both a national and regional level.

**Internal Drainage Boards (“IDBs”)** are local public authorities that manage flood risk and land drainage within areas of special drainage need in England. Each IDB has permissive powers to undertake water management activities within their Internal Drainage District. The purpose of delivering this work is to reduce flood risk to people and property and to manage water in a way that meets the local needs of business and agriculture, including during times of drought, whilst also dealing with its obligations and commitments to the environment. IDBs exercise a general power of supervision over all matters relating to water level management within their district whilst conducting their work in accordance with a number of general environmental duties and promoting the ecological wellbeing of their districts.

**The KLIDB Operations Team** works alongside Engineers, Technical, Environmental and Sustainable Development Teams, as well as other WMA Operatives, to ensure that the Board’s systems function adequately to manage the water levels within the King’s Lynn Internal Drainage District and in accordance with the Board’s Health & Safety and Environmental Policies.

As a **KLIDB Drainage Operative **you will work across the whole district undertaking maintenance works to the standard detailed to you. Working together as part of a small team of operatives reporting to the Works Supervisor and Operations Manager.

**Main Responsibilities**

**Construction Works**
- Groundworks at Pumping Stations and at other locations as required. These works may consist of installing foundations/revetment works, annual preventative maintenance works to the pumping station and other areas, to ensure the Board’s infrastructure is kept to an acceptable standard.
- Installation of culverts, headwalls, inspection chambers etc within the Board’s watercourses.
- Piling works.

**Weed Cutting/Flailing**
- Clearing weed-growth from the channel of the watercourse using tractor-mounted equipment and depositing material on drain bank top.
- Cutting weed-growth from the banks of the watercourse using a tractor and flail.
- Pruning and/or removal of trees and bushes on drain banks.

**Reforming/De-silting Works**
- Reprofiling/De-silting of watercourse to original design standard, using an excavator, as specified by the Board’s Engineering Department.

**Plant and Equipment**
- Ensure that all plant and equipment that you are using is safe and that the relevant checks are carried out and forms filled in and any concerns or issues immediately reported to the

Operations Manager/Working Foreman/Working Lead Hand.
- Liaise with the Operations Manager/Working Foreman/Working Lead Hand to ensure that you have all the necessary equipment and materials available to carry out your duties.
- Loading/unloading of materials.
- Completion of vehicle log sheets and plant log sheets.
- Collection and transportation of materials to site.
- Miscellaneous site duties.

**Environmental**
- Ensure that you undertake all works in an environmentally sensitive manner in accordance with the Board’s policy.

**Health and Safety**
- Attend any Health and Safety training courses deemed necessary by the Board to fulfil the

Drainage Operative role.
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