Highways Multiskilled Driver Operative

Highways Multiskilled Driver Operatives Grade S01, SCP 24 - £27,905 18 Month Fixed Term Contract Job Reference Number: LSSL0012 Closing Date: Friday 07th August, 2020 Liverpool Streetscene Services Ltd established in 2016 is a wholly owned subsidiary company of Liverpool City Council who sit at the heart of creating exceptional standards of environmental cleanliness and public realm services for residents, communities and local businesses across the city of Liverpool. As a direct service provider, Liverpool Streetscene Services Ltd are responsible for the refuse and recycling collection service, street cleansing, grounds maintenance, highways maintenance and parks and green space maintenance contracts throughout the city of Liverpool. These services are key to ensuring the city of Liverpool remains clean, green and accessible to all, helping to develop and maintain local civic pride. We are ambitious, both as an organisation and as a city. Our plans for growth coupled with the high standards that we set for our services requires exceptionally talented individuals who will be enthusiastic about being part of this organisation. We are seeking to recruit 6 x Highways Multi Skilled Driver Operatives on Fixed Term positions to work as part of a Highways and Alleyway Maintenance & Refurbishment programme within Liverpool Streetscene Services Limited (LSSL). The successful candidates will be appointed on a fixed term contract for the next 18 months working as part of the alleyway refurbishment programme. You will be required to carry out fundamental refurbishment tasks such as channel laying, drainage replacements and the reconstruction and resurfacing of flags, cobbles and black top. In addition to this you will work as part of a team responsible for the installation of temporary communal bins and the fitting of underground bins across the city of Liverpool. You will be required to carry of key refurbishments in line with service requirements. You must be a person who can remain focused to ensure optimum service quality is achieved across all designated alleyway and community sites across Liverpool. You must be committed to contributing to team goals and be positive about taking on tasks and have the ability to maintain a positive and proactive approach. To fulfil the requirements of the role you must hold a full UK Driving licence and have the ability to operate vehicles up to 3.5 or 7.5 tonne. You must also have previous experience operating small plant equipment associated with highway repair work. A knowledge of health and safety requirements is essential, as well as good communication skills. You must have previous experience carrying out highway maintenance repair work such as pot hole repairs, tarmacing, kerbing, pipe laying or traffic management. At present the working hours for this role are 35 hours per week. Currently we are reviewing working patterns and there is a possibility that moving forward we may implement an annualised hour’s work pattern where you work longer in the summer period than the winter period, to an accumulative average of 35 hours per week. A review will take place in February 2021 with any move to annualised hours working patterns being implemented from February 2021 onwards. Please note that the successful applicants for this position will be required to complete both a practical assessment and interview as part of the recruitment selection process. Closing date for applications is Friday 07th August, 2020 We plan to conduct assessments and interviews throughout August. Liverpool Streetscene Services Ltd is an equal opportunities employer and currently the majority of the operational workforce is white male, therefore we particularly welcome applications from women and people from Black, Asian, & Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities