Drainage Operative

We're looking for a Drainage Highways Maintenance Operative to join our Kier Birmingham Highways Maintenance team based in Birmingham. Due to the nature of this position a full driving licence is required.

Location: Birmingham (Thimble Mill Lane)
Hours: 40 hours per week - Monday to Friday
Salary: From £27,976 per annum plus overtime, standby and call out available
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

We are looking for a Drainage Highways Maintenance Operative to join our Birmingham Highways team. You will play a key role in maintaining the city's drainage network, helping to prevent flooding and ensure the safe operation of the highway. Working as part of a crew, you will undertake both planned and reactive drainage works across the network.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Drainage Highways Maintenance Operative, you'll be working within the Birmingham Highways team, supporting them in maintaining the city's drainage network and ensuring safe highway operations. Your day to day will include:

• Carry out gully emptying, cleansing and drainage maintenance activities
• Use jetting and vacuum equipment to clear blockages and respond to flooding emergencies
• Undertake minor civils works, including excavation and reinstatement
• Repair and install ironwork, gullies and drainage assets
• Set up and maintain traffic management and complete daily job records using company systems

What are we looking for?

This role of Drainage Highways Maintenance Operative is great for you if:

• You have experience in highways maintenance or drainage operations
• You're comfortable working outdoors and carrying out manual, physical tasks
• You have a strong awareness of health & safety practices
• You're reliable, team-oriented and able to respond to urgent issues
• You hold qualifications such as NRSWA, High Pressure Water Jetting, or Utilities Excavation

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

Rewards and benefits

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.

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 initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape 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.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.