Supply Chain​/Logistics Operative, Driver

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We're looking for a Highways Maintenance Operative to join our Transportation team based in Minehead. Within this role, you can enjoy a fantastic pension scheme, a competitive annual holiday entitlement and more.

Can you envision a world without transportation links by land, sea or air? Neither can we! Your journey is our journey. Join us at Kier Transportation, where we are working brilliantly together to make a difference, supporting the movement of people, goods, and equipment.

Minehead, Somerset

Permanent, Full time

£26,208 to £30,000 depending on experience + call out + overtime

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

As a Highways Maintenance Operative, you'll be working within the Operative team, supporting them with the efficient and timely delivery of highway service requirements across the Somerset network. Carrying out reactive works, emergency response, minor civils works / improvement works, involvement with winter maintenance activity will be necessary along with supporting severe weather operations where required.

• Contributing to the promotion of customer care by working closely with team members, ensuring client and network users are dealt with in a polite and courteous manner
• Responding to defects on the highway within designated timescales, ensuring relevant parties are updated through tablet devices, including the installation and removal of emergency traffic management signage
• Using tablet devices at incidents and emergency repairs on the network and completing any required record sheets, utilising the tablet devices in providing accurate records of works on the network
• Conducting daily defect reports on vehicles and ensuring vehicles are cleaned and maintained in good order

• Drive and hold a full driving licence (LGV training will be provided once you meet necessary business targets)
• Can work on your own initiative and as part of a team communicating faults or issues

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We are proud of the steps we have taken so far, and we recognise we must always do more. Our employees shape Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives, and their experiences influence our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

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