Traffic Management Operative Birmingham, England
Job description
We are now looking for a Traffic Management Operative to join our Highways team in Birmingham to support in all aspects of incident response, including but not limited to, attendance at, making safe, repair of Category 1 defects, and assisting with highways emergencies as directed. Within this role, you can enjoy a competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave, a huge range of deals and discounts at many of your favourite brands, 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family and even more.
Can you imagine a world without roads or bridges? Nor can we! Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Highways and make a difference. Connecting roads, connecting people.
Location: Thimble Mill Lane, Birmingham
Contract: Full Time, Permanent
Salary: Competitive plus benefits
Responsibilities
As Traffic Management Operative, you will operate vehicles and plants requiring specialist skills, including undertaking daily vehicle checks, routine maintenance (e.g. oil, water, wiper fluid), and cleaning, whilst ensuring defect reports are completed and submitted.
The role may also require you to provide cover on nights, weekends, and bank holidays.
Your day-to-day will include:
Carry out temporary traffic management operations for various workstreams on the contract such as lane closures, traffic lights, road closures, and footway management works. Out-of-hours emergency TM response is also required.
Impact protection vehicle (IPV) to assist with any emergency works or mobile short duration operations on the contract.
Assist, as directed by either Kier management or the Police, with Highways Emergencies to ensure the Project Roads are available for the maximum amount of time practicable
Who are we looking for?
This role of IRV Highways Maintenance Operative is great for you if you have:
Lantra M1/M2/M3/M3/T6 qualification
IPV Qualification – low speed and high speed
UK driving licence
Construction Skills Certification Scheme - Skilled worker level or higher
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 want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.
If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at [email protected] to discuss and arrange these.
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
A fantastic matched pension scheme
Life assurance
Wellbeing resources
Kier’s Green Car Scheme
And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website: www.kier.co.uk/careers/rewards-benefits
Who is Kier?
We’re made up of six business units, Group Functions, Construction, Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, and as a group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK. Take a look at our sustainability objectives: https://www.kier.co.uk/sustainability/
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.
You can see more about our D&I action plan here: https://www.kier.co.uk/media/6668/di-roadmap-2021.pdf
Closing date: 22 June 2023
Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.
