Roads Foreperson - STR07432

Job Description Please note, if you are a Stirling Council employee you may be taken to Single Sign On. If you are an external application you may need to register and complete your details on ...

Job Description

Please note, if you are a Stirling Council employee you may be taken to Single Sign On. If you are an external application you may need to register and complete your details on our new Recruitment System - Oracle.

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The successful candidates will participate in and contribute as part of the team maintaining and renewing roads, footways and undertaking general civil engineering works. These works may include roads and footway surfacing, street lighting tracking, hard landscaping, masonry, kerbing, ironwork, concrete, traffic management, emergency reactive works and partaking in summer and winter standby duties, ensuring that Stirling Council’s objectives are met. The successful candidates will work from our depot in Stirling.

Stirling Council’s Roads Services cover all areas of Stirling Region including the historic City of Stirling and the beautiful rural areas. The successful candidates will have opportunities for training and development as individuals and as part of the wider Roads Services team within Environment and Place.

A summary of what the foreperson role(s) entail are below

Responsibility of all health and safety of the squads/contractors under their supervision, in conjunction with ensuring the health and safety of members of the public and other stakeholders.
- Assist the roads supervisors by directing and overseeing the operatives/contractors under their remit.
- Adhere to works programme as instructed by supervisors and other officers.
- Assist and participate in summer and winter standby duties.
- Ensure all works are carried out to specification on site.

Requirements

If you have the right skills for the role we want hear from you. We encourage applications from the right candidates regardless of age (restrictions apply to modern apprenticeships), disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief or age.

Job Description

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Requirements

The Benefits 

  • 30 days annual leave plus 7 public holidays (rising to 35 after 5 years continuous service) 
  • Flexible working including hybrid office/work from home arrangements. Our colleagues are encouraged to work flexibly as we know that busy lives don’t always fit around a traditional working pattern, if you need flexibility to complete your role just let us know and we will do our upmost to help you to invest in your career with us while balancing other aspects of your life. 
  • Biennial incremental progression until top of your payscale is reached 
  • Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme. For further details visit?https://www.scotlgpsmember.org/about-the-lgps/ 
  • Up to 6 months full sick pay and 6 months half pay dependent on length of service 
  • Carers Leave 
  • Up to 4 weeks paid Paternity Leave 
  • Access to Health & Wellbeing support 
  • Ongoing opportunities for Learning & Development 
  • Cycle to Work Scheme 
  • Lift share Scheme 
  • Car Lease Scheme 

Technology Benefit Scheme 

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