Groundworker

Bauer Media Outdoor

  • Birmingham
  • £34,000 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 28 days ago
  • Apply easily
Do you have some experience in simple groundworks and construction?Are you hard working and most comfortable in a manual role, working outdoors?Are you someone who is looking for an opportunity to develop their career with a successful company?We are now recruiting GROUNDWORKERS to join our Bauer Media Outdoor Construction Team.You’d join a team that build both digital billboards and bus shelters which includes large mass concrete foundations, hard and soft landscaping and underground ducting works.This role will require travelling to sites nationwide, so lodging and reasonable overnight expenses will be provided along with the use of a company vehicle.You will be working in a small team installing steel structures and digital advertising screens. Groundwork will include hand and machine excavations for large mass reinforced concrete foundations. An understanding of safe excavation techniques, including surveying for underground apparatus is essential. Experience and qualifications to use appropriate handheld tools, machinery and excavation plant is necessary.We are looking for someone with competence in reading technical drawings and being able to set out to line and level. You will cast mass concrete and steel foundations and finish the groundworks phase in a variety of surfacing materials ranging from top soiling/soft landscaping or hard landscaping such as slabs/pavers/tarmac or floated concrete.Other responsibilities
  • To be able to manage your workloads issued within the agreed timescales.
  • Ensure that a safe site is created and maintained in accordance with the relevant Construction Phase Plan and accompanying RAMS. This can include all forms of site segregation, signing and guarding as necessary.
  • You will be required to work within the framework of H&S Policy and accompanying legislation and codes of practice.
  • Correct use of working at height equipment – Following the site-specific risk assessments and method statements.
  • Maintain and safeguard the tools and equipment on site and ensure that they are stored in a lockable unit at the end of the shift.
  • Report any near misses, accidents or incidents on site to the Construction Manager.
  • Ensure that the site is left in a clear and tidy order to represent the company’s reputation in delivering good practices, quality of work and overall general appearance of BMO.
  • Adhere to the Construction Design and Management regulations 2015.
What are we looking for?
  • Understand the Construction Design and Management regulations 2015
  • Advantageous to be SSSTS trained
  • Experience with working at height – Use of step ladders, tower scaffolding and MEMPs – Hold a IPAF card
  • Use of power tools such as Hydraulic breakers and disc Saws and grinding wheels
  • To be able to problem solve on issues related to construction, using initiative when making decisions to enable the works to continue
  • Identification of underground services and competency using CAT scanning
  • Excavation and Sub- Structure knowledge
  • NRSWA qualified with Traffic Management knowledge and the following of correct procedures
  • Competent in the use of machinery
What’s in it for you?
  • Salary of up to £34,000 per annum,
  • Overtime opportunities
  • Annual bonus
  • Flexible working hours
  • 33 days including BH
  • Company pension matched up to 8%
  • Life insurance and group income protection schemes
  • Healthcare Cash Plan
  • All tools, equipment, travel and subsistence expenses covered by the business
  • Cycle to work scheme, travel season ticket loans and a whole host of discounts across 100s of retailers
At Bauer Media Outdoor, we are committed to treating everyone with fairness and respect, regardless of their race, gender, age, ethnicity, background, sexual orientation, disability, or any other differences. We work hard to foster an inclusive environment, a place you can be yourself. We support reasonable adjustment requests from candidates and employees. If you're interested in joining us to shape the future of out-of-home media, we'd love to hear from you.If you require this job advert in a different format or need any adjustments to support your application let us know.

Bauer Media Outdoor