Organisation: Leicestershire County CouncilWork Location: Mountsorrel Depot, Hawcliffe Road, Mountsorrel, LE12 5TZWorker Category: Field Base workerSalary: £25,998 - £27,273 per annum (pro rata for part time)Working Hours: 37Contract Type: PermanentClosing Date: 17th November 2024Interview Date(s): TBCCome and work as part of a team that delivers a best value, customer-focussed service throughout Leicestershire.
Working flexibly, efficiently and effectively to support the delivery of appropriate Traffic Management.About the RoleYou will provide an excellent delivery and collection service for temporary traffic management signage for the Highway Delivery workforce.
Your work will also support the provision of highway maintenance, construction, forestry and street lighting activities where stop/go boards are required to direct the flow of traffic.
You are responsible for safe temporary traffic management provisions for the site.Qualifications: NVQ 2 in Highways Maintenance or similar Skilled Road-worker Trades Test Assessment New Roads and Street works Act (NRSWA) Qualification (Operative) National Highways Sector Scheme 12B National Highways Sector Scheme 12C National Highways Sector Scheme 12D(T1/T2) National Highways Sector Scheme 12D (T5) Valid Driving Licence Valid Large Goods Vehicle Licence and CPC Trained with current DQC Card OR Demonstrable evidence of the skills and experience as outlined below, together with a commitment to attain the essential qualifications.
Knowledge Materials used in civil engineering, street lighting, fleet repair, recycling & waste operations Extensive knowledge of safe working practices when using plant and machinery Construction Health, Safety and Environmental requirements and safe working procedures Reacting quickly when the work environment requires, to make safety related changes to temporary traffic management, independently of supervision.
About YouTo apply for this post, you must: Be able and willing to work with everyone in the team, self-motivated and ability to use own initiative.
Well organised with the ability to use own initiative in planning and prioritising workload Able to respond confidently to customers & colleagues with understanding & diplomacy whilst maintaining an objective & professional stance.
Engage with proposals constructively & rigorously to help agree a way forward Gives customers the correct information and keep them up to date with regular contact Constructively challenge poor performance and/or behaviour Ability to remain calm & positive in challenging circumstances You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equal opportunities, and the ability to apply this to all situations.In addition, we also expect you to share and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.Interested in Flexible Working?We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments.
Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council.
If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below.
This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work.
The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert.
You can find out more about our worker categories in the page on our career site.For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:Phil Smith, Supervisor - Highways ServiceTelephone: 0116 305 2155Email: section on our career site.We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.
Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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