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Highways Ganger - Aylsham
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Highways Ganger – Aylsham
Norse Highways
£33,163.64 To £36,135.93 Per Annum (Dependent On Experience)
39 Hours per week
Aylsham, Norfolk - NR11 6AR
Norse Highways are looking to recruit a Ganger to join their growing team, this is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Roadworker who has supervised a team in the absence of a ganger.
The successful candidate will supervise and participate within a team of 2-4 individuals, to ensure that the routine or construction work allocated by the Works Team is safely achieved on schedule and to the required standard.
Main Responsibilities
- Where appropriate, ensure proper traffic management systems are in place and that the safety of the general public is protected. Ensure the procedures to protect the environment are also followed.
- To be responsible for Health & Safety on site.
- Safe keeping and operation of significant plant including vehicles up to LGV (C+E), heavy rollers, loading shovels, mowers etc. including responsibility for their daily maintenance.
- To read and interpret utility plans, to communicate the location of these to others on site, to mark out the location prior to works so that team and utility safety is ensured.
- Communicate with the public on pending /required work, progress and any problems.
- Liaise with the Works Co-coordinator and other colleagues on work progress/site productivity and potential problems.
- To attend pre-works and progress meetings regarding schemes and completing the appropriate paperwork.
- Plan and organise work tasks, adhere to Permit Scheme, allocating them to members of the Gang. Progress highway operations within recognised guidelines and make decisions without reference to the Works Co-coordinator / Local Operations
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Job Requirements
- Previous experience of working as a skilled roadworker and of working as a roadworker / apprentice or proven equivalent experience
- Multi skilled experience in numerous aspects of highway maintenance including H&S and permits
- City and Guilds Winter Service Operation Certificate (or prepared to work towards achieving this)
- Full clean Driving Licence to meet the travel requirements of the role
- Ideally you will hold a HGV licence
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Benefits
- Progression opportunities within a national company
- Company pension scheme
- The opportunity to gain industry related qualifications
You will be required to work some evenings and weekends as part of the contractual arrangements, this will include enhanced pay rates – further information will be provided at interview stage.
We are committed to employment practices and behaviours which encourage diversity, promote equality of treatment and eliminate unlawful and or unfair discrimination.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications. If you have not been contacted within four weeks of the date you apply, please assume that your application has not been successful and will not be progressed to the next stage.
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