| Salary £23,151 - £23,893 Per Annum | Permanent, Full Time, 37 hours per week | Cuerden Depot |
Pay Award Pending
International Sponsorship – This role is not open to international sponsorship
Lighting Operative
Location: Cuerden Depot PR5 6BS (but may be required to work at various locations throughout Lancashire)
Lancashire Highways Service is responsible for the direct delivery of all highways related schemes across the County made up of 4300 miles of road, 151,000 streetlights and 2955 bridges.
Starting salary dependent on skills and experience.
We have an excellent opportunity for a Lighting Operative based at our Cuerden Depot. The successful candidates will be required to carry out column and sign installation / removal, call outs, and other duties which are deemed appropriate to the post. The posts being advertised are permanent subject to a six-month probationary period being successfully completed.
For the successful candidate there may be in the future opportunities to carry out LGV driving licence training funded by LCC which could lead to career progression and carrying out winter maintenance on the roads of Lancashire.
The candidate will hold a current full driving licence with significant experience of working within the street lighting construction and maintenance sector. As this role involves working on the highway network, we also require someone with an excellent awareness of health and safety legislation and traffic management systems pertaining to street lighting construction and maintenance.
As part of our commitment on continuous improvement, how we deliver our service is regularly reviewed. Therefore, job roles may change, and post holder may be required to work elsewhere within the service.
In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.
There's fabulous flexibility and the opportunity to create the work life balance you'll love with up to 32 days annual leave plus bank holidays, 2 additional days at Christmas and then further days that can be purchased too – we have a generous Local Government pension with shared AVC's available then a benefits package which has everything from dog care to day care, holidays at home or abroad, long service awards, Medicash, inclusivity support groups, discounts on white goods and electronics, cycle to work schemes, salary sacrifice car lease schemes, eye tests and prescription support plus much more.
For further information please contact Kevin Reedy on 01772 531197
Please ensure you add an up to date CV and supporting statement. It is important that you have demonstrated and evidenced that you meet the essential criteria from the person specification. If you do not meet the criteria but feel you possess relevant qualities, please demonstrate this within your supporting statement.
We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.