PKB Civils
Excavator Operator - Civils
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Excavator Operator | PKB Civils | Lancashire Based, UK Wide Travel
We'll cut to it - PKB Civils are busy, winning work, and need an experienced excavator operator who knows what they're doing.
This isn't a housing estate or a highways verge. We need someone who has spent their career on large industrial and commercial sites — big builds, big yards, real scale. If your background is housing or highways, this one won't be for you.
If you've got the experience and you're happy to get out of the machine when the job needs it, keep reading.
What you get
We're not one of those firms that expects you to graft and gives you nothing back for it. Here's what PKB offers.
CIS (self-employed)
- Transport to and from site
- Potential for van and fuel card
- Workwear, tools and PPE provided
PAYE (employed)
- Competitive salary with potential van and fuel card
- Transport to and from site
- 28 days holiday including bank holidays
- Extra day's holiday for every year you stay — up to 3 extra days
- Extra day's holiday for every 50 nights you work away
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When you're working away
- 1 hour's bonus pay for every night away
- Any hours after 4.30pm at time and a quarter
- Premier Inn double room — not a shared B&B, not a caravan
- £25 evening meal allowance
- Hotel breakfast included
What you'll be doing
Operating 13 tonne+ excavators across large-scale industrial and commercial civils projects, including:
- Breaking out large concrete slabs
- Grading stone over large areas
- Drainage works including attenuation tanks and interceptors
- Supporting concrete pours — prep work including laying mesh
- General groundworks support when needed
You won't just be sat in the cab. PKB expect operators to get out and help out on the ground when the job calls for it.
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What we need from you
- 15 years plus experience operating 13 tonne+ excavators
- Proven experience breaking out large concrete slabs
- Experience grading stone across large areas
- Experience in drainage, including attenuation tanks and interceptors
- Willing to get out of the machine and work on the ground when required
- Ideally some concrete experience — happy to muck in with a pour and prep work
- Background in large industrial or commercial builds — housing or highways experience alone won't fit this role
- Home base ideally Lancashire, but projects are UK wide and regularly involve working away
- Valid CSCS card
- Full driving licence preferred
To apply
Send your CV to recruitment@pkbcivils.co.uk or apply via advert
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