Ganger

We’re looking for a Ganger to join our Transportation team based in Wellingborough. Within this role, you can enjoy a fantastic, matched pension scheme, 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family, a competitive annual holiday entitlement, with opportunities to buy/sell leave and even more.

Can you imagine a world without transportation links via land, sea or air? Nor can we Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Transportation and make a difference. Supporting the movement of people, goods and equipment.

**Location**: Wellingborough, Northamptonshire

**Contract**: Full time, permanent

**Contract**: Competitive + Pension + Overtime

**Responsibilities**

As Ganger you’ll be working within the maintenance team, supporting them in leading a team to carry out a range of complex specialist tasks, referring to technical manuals and making technical judgements in relation to highway and / or construction activities.

Your day to day will include:

- Safekeeping and operation of specialist equipment, making sure that equipment is properly maintained and all PUWER (Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998) sheets are completed correctly
- Giving guidance and training to colleagues, working to Kier, Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality standards, ensuring the economic use of materials
- Managing the works daily, ensuring the site is safe for both the operative and public
- Conducting point of work risk assessments to ensure that the work area is properly protected and safe-working procedures are being maintained
- Planning work with referring to drawings and technical documents as appropriate, using craft/technical skills, carrying out the work to the necessary standard of quality, taking measurements where required and completing any reports

**Who are we looking for?**

This role of Ganger is great for you if you can:

- Lead teams successfully, work under pressure and deliver in a demanding environment
- Bring NRSWA - Operative / supervisor
- Drive and hold a full driving licence

**Benefits at Kier**

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
- Share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our sharesave and share incentive plans
- Kier’s Green Car Scheme
- A huge range of deals and discounts at many your favourite brands

**Who is Kier?**

At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.

**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.

**Closing date**:17 September 2023

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