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SalaryReference: OP2597
No. of Vacancies: 1
Location: Enterprise House, Stockport, SK3 0XT
Salary: £24,294 per annum
Hours: 37 hours per week
Status: Permanent
Totally Local Company delivers a diverse range of frontline services for private and public businesses across the Stockport Borough and beyond. We have a fantastic opportunity to join our Highways team, benefiting from 8 days paid bank holidays plus generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme
Totally Local Company delivers a diverse range of frontline services for private and public businesses across the Stockport Borough and beyond. We have a fantastic opportunity to join our Highways team, benefiting from 8 days paid bank holidays plus generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme
What you will be doing in this role?
- We need experienced individuals to join our team carrying out repairs to Stockport’s highways and footways, ideally you will have worked in a team, be self motivated and be proficient in the following areas
- You will 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 will be aware of and have working knowledge and application of design drawings, specifications and civil engineering techniques.
- You will apply safe methods of working through the use of personal protective equipment, 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 will apply and abide by Health & Safety at Work Act, Road Traffic Act and apply safe methods of working by to all activities.
What we are looking for
- Demonstrate competency in working on minor civil engineering projects in a built and operational environment
- Demonstrate health and safety awareness and how it’s applied to a project
- Demonstrate operational record keeping including accidents, near misses, delivery notes, requisition notes and safe methods of working
- To hold an NVQ Level 2 or above in Construction Operations or be able to work towards gaining the NVQ
- Demonstrate working knowledge of design specifications and drawings in an operational environment
- To have working knowledge of Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)
- Demonstrate training and certification in the use of small plant e.g. circular cutting devices, small compaction units, pedestrian and sit on vibrating rollers and other small plant and equipment
- Being customer focussed
- Effective Team Working
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, Totally Local Company 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.
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.
