Service: Roads and InfrastructureClosing Date: Monday 27th January A vacancy has arisen for a Roads Working Foreperson to join our team working on the Isle of Islay in Argyll and Bute, one of Scotland's most stunning areas.Argyll and Bute is one of Scotland's most stunning areas.
As its award winning council, we play a vital part in the day-to-day life and long-term future of our beautiful and diverse communities.
Our unwavering purpose is to make Argyll and Bute the place to be, the place where people want to live, to work and do business.
And we are committed to making the council the place to have a great career, by providing excellent benefits and a friendly, dynamic working culture so that each of our colleagues can deliver services that help our corner of Scotland thrive.
Join us to make a difference.The Roads Working Foreperson will be expected to undertake structural and road maintenance works.
Be able to understand and work unsupervised setting out and constructing all types of work to a satisfactory standard.
Supervise and motivate a large multi skilled group of employees.
Ensure deadlines are adhered to when submitting paperwork.
To take part in out of hours standby during summer/winter months to ensure roads are maintained in a safe condition.
This is a permanent post, 37 hours per week, worked Monday to Friday.It is essential that the successful applicant will hold an HGV licence and have experience in supervisory management or equivalent, they should also have leadership skills in a small team as well as being able to work on own initiative.Our employees make good things happen in the day-to-day life and for the longer term future of Argyll and Bute.
We want you to feel valued working for us.
We offer various benefits to support you, such as a competitive salary, pension scheme, generous leave entitlement, cycle to work scheme, discounts on gym memberships and leisure centres, wellbeing initiatives and opportunities for learning and career growth.
We also embrace a modern approach to work, offering a flexible first approach where possible to requests from our employees to how they work.We care about our people and the world around us and always aim to to the right thing.
From employee recognition schemes to environmental policies we have many initiatives in place to help us look after the things we all care about.Learn more here Argyll and Bute Council recognises the numerous benefits of a positive work-life balance to the wellbeing and productivity of our employees.
We will take a flexible first approach to requests from our employees to change the way that they work.
While we must balance such requests with the need to ensure the quality of the important services we deliver is not compromised, we will ensure that each request is given careful consideration with a view to achieving a positive outcome wherever possible.
Applicants should note that:-The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Order , as amended, applies to this post.To apply for this vacancy, please click on the Apply Now button at the top of this page.