Trainee Surfacing Operative
Department: Operations and Maintenance
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Marybank Quarry, Western Isles
Description
Are you interested in the built environment? Do you enjoy working outdoors? Are you often curious about how things are made and why things work?
If so, perhaps working as a Trainee Surfacing Operative is your career call.
Breedon is a home for inquisitive learners. Quarries, cement, and construction are no longer old-fashioned sectors. We’re providing the foundation for our lives, building the places where we live and work, play and in-between.
Interested in…?
* Robust internal training plan
* Full company funding of any qualifications and training
* No need to buy your own kit or any work equipment; it’s all on us.
* A competitive salary
* A huge variety of potential career progression pathways at a stable, thriving business.
Key Responsibilities
As a Trainee Surfacing Operative, you’ll support the vital need to be involved in the surfacing, resurfacing and improvement of vast stretches of roads and the highway network. You will help with the removal of old roads and surfaces, preparing for the new surface, complete inspections, and testing of the new surfaces. You will learn how to operate a wide range of specialist plant machinery such as rollers and spreaders.
If you’re one to tiptoe around puddles with trepidation, maybe this role isn’t for you. You won’t be spending every day in a clean, corporate office swivelling on an office chair! If you have a natural affinity with the great outdoors, in all weathers, then now we’re talking!
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
* CSCS card and driving license would be preferred, but not essential as full training will be provided.
* An interest in working in the great outdoors.
* Someone who wants to get stuck in and work as part of a team.
* You will need to be a minimum age of 18.
In joining us, you won’t be thrown in the deep end or treated like just a number; you’ll work in a close-knit team, with someone always on hand to offer help.
Job Benefits
* Pension
* 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays on top
* Share Saver Scheme
* Life Assurance
* Access to our employee benefits platform, giving you discounts on a wide variety of high street shops and brands.
* Broad learning opportunities and career progression pathways.
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