Ganger - work away from home

We have an immediately available opportunity for a Ganger in Cornwall & Devon to join our Utilities, South West Water team – where no two days are the same!

We’re open to applications outside of the region, where we will provide accommodation and a food allowance.

Salary: Weekly paid hourly rate of £11.50 to £16.00, dependant on experience and posted location. With the potential to significantly increase your take-home package with standby, call-out, and overtime. All hours worked on standby will be paid at x 1.9 (£21.85 - £30.40), overtime rates vary between x 1.35 - x 1.9. Standby payments are additional (not hourly) at £20-£45 and call out from £10-£40.

Some of our Ganger high earners can take home up to circa £60k, based on additional overtime and standby worked. If you are saving for an occasion or simply want to take home more, the opportunity for overtime/call-out/standby is regularly available.

Location: Cornwall and Devon (South West): Tolgus, Truro, Redruth, Barnstaple, Exeter, St Austell, Bodmin, Okehampton, Roche, Plymouth Hatherleigh and Paignton as well as Bournemouth.

Travel: We will provide accommodation and a food allowance for those who are living away from home - £60 per night accommodation and £20 for food or we can take care of accommodation with £30 a day for food and drink.

We can also offer flexible work patterns & days to allow you to get back home!

The role:

As a Ganger for the South West Water team you will work on repairs and maintenance services to provide reliable, efficient, and high-quality drinking water and wastewater services. Your day-to-day will include:

• Mains laying, pressure management, district metering and large and complex mains repairs

• Taking personal responsibility for Health & Safety performance, overall quality of work and meeting productivity targets

• Coordinating all site activities

  
  

Who are we looking for?

• Someone with prior utilities experience and Streetworks Excavation and Reinstatement (6156) NRSWA qualification

• A full UK Driving Licence

  
  

To apply: Please apply online.

Alternatively, if you have any issues you can send your CV to utilitiesrecruitment@kier.co.uk or call 01726 224400 (opt 1)

Know someone great to work with, bring them with you and be eligible for a referral payment – T&C’s apply.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk to discuss and arrange these.

Benefits at Kier

We’re proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:

• new and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity, leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance, and more

• 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family

• Kier’s Green Car Scheme

• Paid annual leave, with opportunities to buy/sell leave and company sick pay scheme

• A huge range of deals and discounts at many of your favourite brands

And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website: www.kier.co.uk/careers/rewards-benefits

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We’re proud of the steps we’ve taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier’s diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

You can see more about our D&I action plan here: https://www.kier.co.uk/media/6668/di-roadmap-2021.pdf