Trainee

**Trainee operative**

**Aviation**

**Location - Warrington**

**An exciting opportunity for a Trainee operative to join AmcoGiffen Aviation and support our growing business unit on a number of key frameworks and major schemes at various Airports and MOD sites across the UK.**

**Business Unit**

AmcoGiffen Aviation is currently involved in a number of key frameworks and major schemes (at varying stages of the project lifecycle) at various Airports and MOD sites across the UK. In order to support the planned growth of the business, we have a vacancy for a Trainee operative to join our Aviation team.

**The Role**

As an AmcoGiffen Trainee operative you will have an exciting opportunity to work on major airports and will be responsible for delivering high standards of workmanship. You will work as an integral team member on a variety of tasks enabling you to build your competence, whilst being fully supported by the team.

You will spend 18 months studying towards an NVQ Level 2 Diamond Drilling and Sawing Concrete Occupations with our preferred training provider, who will visit and assess you in the workplace in addition to you completing an online portfolio of evidence. You will also be required to attend two-day training workshops at their training centre in Nottingham, approximately every 10-12 weeks. All dates will be confirmed during your enrolment and travel and accommodation will be arranged for you.

You will receive a competitive hourly rate and your team will give you a warm welcome from day one helping you to settle into your new role.

**Requirements**:
To excel in this role, you will have to provide:

- Clean driving license
- Ability to obtain Airside pass in the form of Basic Disclosure Certificate
- DfT recognised General Security Awareness Training
- 5-year checkable work history and home address

**Why AmcoGiffen?**

You will be joining a reputable and firmly established, engineering contractor operating nationally in rail, civils and engineering markets. AmcoGiffen are renowned in the market as a specialist civil, building, mechanical and electrical renewals and maintenance business with ongoing and successful projects and frameworks across the country, you will become part of our expert outfit.

AmcoGiffen has a wealth of experience working on sensitive, live assets in highly regulated environments, we deliver exceptional peace of mind for our customers, creating and maintaining assets across a growing range of high-quality public and private sectors. These include rail, power generation, electricity distribution, flood defence, aviation, waterways and much more.

**Diversity & Inclusion at AmcoGiffen**

We value collective expertise, but also the spark that one person can bring. As one of us, you can be you, because your individuality is an asset to our business and the communities in which we work and represent.

We are working hard as part of the civil engineering and construction industry, to improve diversity & inclusion. Our Diversity and inclusion journey at AmcoGiffen, is constantly evolving and is designed to break down barriers and promote the principles of a diverse workforce through multiple channels. This includes delivering training, raising awareness, regular forums and sharing our engagement calendar of activities and events to encourage participation at all levels throughout our organisation.

Diversity & Inclusion is embodied throughout our SPIRIT core Business values and lies at the heart of our culture of Safety, Professionalism, Innovation, Respect, Integrity and Teamwork.

AmcoGiffen is an Equal Opportunities Employer, offering challenging, worthwhile careers to everyone and is pro-actively committed to improving our understanding year on year to foster a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees as well as for the customers and communities in which we serve and operate within.

**Health & Wellbeing**

Operating from a people first perspective we support safety and wellbeing in the workplace as a priority. We have large number of colleagues that are trained and qualified mental health first aiders to support and listen where appropriate. We enrol all of the AmcoGiffen family onto an employee assistance programme which provides 24 hour, 7 days a week counselling and advice services.