Highways Driver Chargehand

Highways Driver Chargehand - Reactive

Reference: OP3555 No. of Vacancies: 1 Location: Enterprise House, Stockport, SK3 0XT Salary: £26,421 per annum Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday - Sunday (07:00am - 17:00pm)
4 on 4 off.We have an exciting opportunity to join our established Highways team as a Driver Chargehand. 
There’s never been a better time to join TLC, a hugely diverse business. Your role is key in delivering minor civil engineering projects to predetermined plans, specifications, timescales and budget within the Highways department. 
 
We’re ambitious and are looking for someone with a ‘can do, will do’ attitude to come and join us. If you are an effective team player with flexibility and operational experience – then you will be a perfect fit. Application Deadline July 05, 2024 Department Highways Employment Type Permanent Location Enterprise House, Stockport Workplace type Onsite Compensation £26,421 / year

What you will be doing in this role

You'll safely carry out repairs and improvements to a variety of built environment infrastructure such as modular paving, kerb installation, bituminous macadam laying, concreting, pipe laying, hard and soft landscaping including drainage repair, excavation and shoring. You'll apply safe methods of working through the use of PPE, correct manual handling, use of small plant and equipment such as excavators, roller/breaker, compaction equipment, dumpers, motorised circular saws and other highways related equipment. You'll adhere to the Health & Safety at Work Act, Road Traffic Act and follow procedures relating to Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) regulations. You'll drive a range of vehicles with a gross weight of up to and including 32 tonnes Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) including tractors, tippers, HIAB crane, tail lift, platform, pick ups and transit vans. You'll plan workload objectives and allocate work to the team, monitoring standard and performance in line with business objectives. You'll understand and follow procedures relating to Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome regulations (HAVS). You'll participate in highways emergency call out and winter services during and out of hours, ensuring the roads of Stockport are kept free of ice and snow in accordance with Stockport Council winter service policy and emergency response.

What we are looking for

You'll have experience working on civil engineering projects with competency in a range of construction activities.  You'll have working knowledge and application of design drawings, specifications and civil engineering techniques. You'll be conversant in all Health and Safety in an operational environment including COSHH and HAVS.  You'll hold an NVQ Level 2 or above in Construction Operations You'll hold a current Class C licence, including Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) and able to conduct pre use checks, defect reporting/rectification and gross vehicle weight limits (over loading). You'll work flexibly and in the interest of the business and be amenable to business needs.

Your Benefits

25 days Annual Leave + 8 Bank Holidays. Lifestyle Benefits – we provide access to huge discounts on a variety of retailers and services, through our lifestyle benefits website.  Cycle to Work Scheme – enabling you to get the bike of your choice (between £100 and £1000), with Tax and NI savings of up to 32%.  NEST Pension Scheme – 6.5% employer contribution if eligible. Life Assurance – twice your basic salary Keen to progress? - we’re committed to providing you with Continuous Professional Development .

About Totally Local Company

Based in the heart of Stockport, provides a huge range of services to the public and private sectors across Greater Manchester. 

Here’s a flavour of what our team of experts do…

You’ll see us everywhere from school kitchens to parks, playgrounds and even up trees We’re the ones that fix roads and clean, light and provide signs for your streets. We empty your bins and help to keep your area secure. We clean schools and office spaces (and more), tidy grounds and dispose of waste too.

We are a safety-first organisation – it is at the heart of everything we do. We make sure that you have everything you need before you start your role – that includes sharing the great benefits you will be entitled to as a TLC employee.

Our People

Across Totally Local Company our people do a huge variety of roles, but one of the things that our teams all have in common is we want to do the very best for the community we support.

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