Civil Operative

Job Title: Civil Operatives
Location: West midlands Birmingham
Salary/Rate: £200 a day or 40k per annum (if all tickets in date)
Start Date:04/11/2024
Job Type: Contract

Company Introduction
We are currently seeking to recruit experienced Civil operatives in the UK. Under the direction of the Manager & Site supervisors, applicants will be required to perform excavations, repairs and reinstatement, installation of duct, street cabinets, pulling of draw rope on telecoms infrastructure located within the public highway, streets and up to customers premises using up to date client standard operating procedures and in full compliance to current legislation, health and safety requirements and company policies.

PLEASE NOTE ONLY TEAMS OF 2 CAN BE SUBMITTED INDIVIDUALS WILL NOT BE PRIORITISED AND WILL BE SUBMITTED AT THE END

Job Responsibilities/Objectives

• Perform general civils and maintenance tasks, including trench excavation, duct laying and repair, and backfilling.
• Maintain a tidy site and care for tools and equipment.
• Assist the site team with various tasks and ensure safe working practices.
• Ensure quality workmanship and compliance with health and safety policies.
• Work outdoors in all weather conditions.
• Use approved equipment and protect utilities before digging.
• Submit accurate paperwork promptly.
• Pavement reinstatement, slabbing and tarmacking
• Wear PPE: high visibility clothing, hard hats, safety glasses, boots, and gloves.
• Manage spoil on site and complete risk assessments.
• Have understanding on civil and telecoms ground work is necessary
• Experience with Openreach network and fibre network work is essential
• Laying fibre cable from cabinet through the track work
• Range of practical tasks including excavating/digging trenches, placing and compacting bedding material, laying and jointing/repairing ducts

Required Skills/Experience-must have (necessary)
The ideal candidate will have the following:

Background in civils telecom is a must

• LA ( Mandatory )
• NRSWA - O1, O2, O3, O4, O5, O6, O7, O8 ( Mandatory for 1 guy in team)
• SA006 Safe Working in Civils ( Mandatory )
• Q019 - Core Drilling (CD1) ( Mandatory )
• QO20 - Duct Blockages 1 (DB1) ( Mandatory )
• K8 - Hand Rodding in the UG Network ( Mandatory )
• First Aid Training ( Mandatory for 1 guy in team )
• SA011 - Locate and Clear blockage in utilities ( Mandatory )

Desirable Skills/Experience
Although not essential, the following skills are desired by the client:

• Abrasive wheels - Manual Handling
• EURS

Benefits

• Progression to supervisor
• Extra training
• PAYE or UTR
• Digs as and when
• Van fuel card all tools provided

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.

Square One is acting as both an employment agency and an employment business, and is an equal opportunities recruitment business. Square One embraces diversity and will treat everyone equally. Please see our website for our full diversity statement.