Mears Group
General Operative
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Annual salary: up to £30,409.71
General Operative
Location: North Lanarkshire
Contract: Permanent
Salary: Starting salary of £30,409.71 per annum. 40 hours per week. Commercial van and fuel card provided. Overtime available including weekend work and early starts.
About Mears Group
Mears Group is a leading provider of housing services to the UK housing sector, delivering repairs, maintenance and housing management services across the country. We are committed to making a positive difference to the communities we serve by providing high-quality services and creating opportunities for our people to develop and thrive.
About the Role
We are looking for a hardworking and reliable General Operative to join our team in North Lanarkshire. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with site experience and a strong work ethic to work within a busy environment supporting a variety of construction and maintenance activities.
The successful candidate will assist with a range of duties including scaffolding, material handling, roofing, painting and plastering works. Working both independently and as part of a wider team, you will play an important role in delivering high quality services across our operations.
As a General Operative, you will support a variety of construction and maintenance activities across the North Lanarkshire area. This role requires a practical, hands-on approach, flexibility and a commitment to health and safety. You will be required to work at height and carry out labouring duties while supporting skilled tradespeople on site.
Duties
- Building scaffolding
- Delivering and collecting materials to site
- Installing Heras fencing
- Assisting with roofing works
- Assisting with painting works
- Assisting with plastering works
- Supporting multi-trade activities
- Working at height safely and effectively
- Maintaining site safety and housekeeping standards
- Working independently and as part of a team
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
Key Criteria
- Full UK manual driving licence essential
- Strong work ethic and positive attitude
- Site experience
- Experience working alongside trades
- General labouring experience
- Working at height experience
- Knowledge of wet trades including bricklaying, plastering, rendering, screeding, concrete work or tiling
Preferred but not essential:
- Experience working within a multi-skilled trade environment
Benefits
- Family friendly policy to include enhanced maternity/paternity leave and much more.
- Generous Pension Scheme
- Sick Pay
- Refer a friend scheme (total award £1000)
- Share saver scheme
- Eye test vouchers
- Employee Assistance Programme (Access to Free counselling service)
- Wellbeing service (Access to trained mental health & wellbeing advisors)
- Mears Annual Family Fun Day for you and your family to places like Blair Drummond Safari Park, M&Ds Theme park, fully paid for including lunch
- Mears Rewards - A performance recognition platform whereby you can be rewarded in high street vouchers
- Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment
- Excellent training and development opportunities and 25 days holiday entitlement along with bank holidays.
Additional Information
All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
To drive a Mears vehicle, you must be aged over 21, have held your licence over 3 months and have less than 9 points.
Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant Background, Identity & Security checks before commencement of employment.
How to Apply
Apply below or to discuss your application further; contact:
Grace Harris (grace.harris@mearsgroup.co.uk)
If you need any help with your application process, we are here to support you. We will be accessible every step of the way.
About Mears Group
At Mears Group, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, we are a Disability Confident employer, valuing individuality and ensuring equal opportunities for all.
We proudly support the Armed Forces Covenant and are honoured to have achieved the Gold Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) to coincide with this, we hold an Endorser Award for the Career Transition Partnership, recognising our commitment to veterans transitioning into civilian careers.
In our continued effort to promote social mobility, we invite applicants to voluntarily share their background information during the application stages to help us better understand the diverse experiences of our candidates. This is to ensure we are committed to improving social mobility. We use the Social Mobility Index to assess and enhance opportunities for individuals from diverse backgrounds. These questions are optional and will not impact your ability to apply.
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills