Leicester City Council
Streetmason
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Reference: REQ8214
Description: Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Permanent
Do you have a passion for working in the construction industry and would like to become a valuable member of the Highways Maintenance Service?
The Highways Maintenance Service maintains and repairs over 500 miles of road and 800 miles of footpaths within Leicester City. We undertake construction of major public realm schemes to improve the pedestrian and transport network within the City Centre, as well as providing winter service and gully cleaning services in the city.
Join us as either a Skilled or Semi-Skilled Streetmason Improver to work with a team of highway professionals, carrying out general manual/labouring and paving tasks involved in the construction, maintenance and repair of highways, sewers, and watercourses. You’ll assist with the construction, maintenance, and repair of the highway infrastructure - roads, footpaths, and drainage features, lay paving materials and tarmac.
Based at our offices at 90 Leycroft Road, you’ll work on site anywhere within the city and occasionally further afield.
This is a full-time permanent role, working 37 hours per week. Hours of work are 7.30am - 3.30pm, Monday to Thursday and 7.30am - 3.00pm on Fridays. However, you must be willing to work overtime to suit the operational needs of the unit, e.g. additional weekday hours and weekend working. You'll also be required to work on the City Highways out of hours standby rota, which typically requires you to work with another member of the team for one week (Friday to Friday) in every 4 or 5 weeks (depending how many staff are on the rota). You'll be required to respond to any highway related call outs after hours during the week, at weekends and on Bank Holidays. A driving licence is desirable but not essential for this role.
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This is a career graded post (LG Band 4 to LG Band 5). Appointment to a level will depend on the outcome of the selection process and experience of the successful candidate. Dependent on availability of work/vacancy at the higher level, progress will be by satisfactory performance, agreed at annual appraisals and through on-going supervision.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Work closely in a team and under the guidance of the Site Team Leader and/or Supervisor to lay paving products such as slabs, kerbs, blocks, concrete paving, and natural stone in designated areas of the city.
- Confidently use power-assisted tools, minor plant and machinery as well as drive, clean and carry out routine maintenance of vehicles and plant.
- Plan and prioritise work activities to ensure the productivity targets are achieved, whilst ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements such as Health & Safety and Works Specifications.
What You’ll Need
- Experience as a Streetmason or in another similar role in construction industry with a good understanding of health, safety and environmental requirements and safe working procedures.
- Working knowledge of construction specifications, materials, compaction, and workmanship requirements in different disciplines.
- Ability to follow instructions and complete relevant paperwork such as timesheets and worksheets.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills to deal effectively with customers as well as work colleagues.
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What We Can Offer You
- The satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester.
- A work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance.
- Generous annual leave and membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme.
- Opportunities to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities.
- A number of flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains.
- An illustrative value of your benefits package is available through our benefits calculator.
Join Us
We’re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we’ve designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We’ll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with your application, take a look at the ‘our approach to recruitment’ page.
For a chat about this post, please feel free to contact Nick Weston on 0116 454 5045 or at nick.weston@leicester.gov.uk
Region: Central
Location: 90 Leycroft Road - Highways
Salary: GBP27,274 - GBP32,046 Per Year
Package: Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement): GBP43,249
Contractual hours: 37
Basis: Full time
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