Operative

We're looking for a Reinstatement Operative to join our Bournemouth Water team based in Bournemouth.

Location: Francis Avenue, Bournemouth
Hours: 45 hours a week. Shifts covering Monday to Sunday as well as availability to join the on-call rota.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

As a Reinstatement Operative, you'll play a vital role in our Infrastructure team, delivering high-quality reinstatement works following water mains repairs, new connections, and other essential utilities projects. You'll be working across Bournemouth, ensuring public highways and private land are restored to the highest standards whilst maintaining safety and quality compliance. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your skills within a supportive and collaborative team environment.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Reinstatement Operative, you'll be working within the Bournemouth Water team, supporting them in restoring highways and land to a high standard following essential utilities work. Your day to day will include:

• Conducting high-quality reinstatement works including tarmac, concrete, and modular paving
• Ensuring all work meets HAUC and local authority specifications
• Operating plant and machinery safely, such as rollers and compactors
• Completing job documentation using tablet-based systems
• Maintaining site safety and traffic management compliance

What are we looking for?

This role of Reinstatement Operative is great for you if:

• You have previous experience in highway reinstatement or utilities work (desired but not essential)
• You hold a Full driving licence
• You're able to work effectively in a fast-paced environment
• You enjoy working collaboratively with others to deliver quality results
• You hold or are willing to obtain CSCS card, EUSR Water Hygiene, or NRSWA certification (training can be provided)

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.

If you would like to explore more about the incredible growth and scale of our water business, dive into our diverse project portfolios, and uncover both current and future career opportunities, you can see more information about our water business here. There's never been a better time to get involved, register your interest today and take the first step toward a rewarding career with us!

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.

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