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Crankwood
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Colas
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Full-time
Colas Ltd are a UK subsidiary of the global Colas Group, which operates in over 50 countries worldwide and employs over 55,000 people including over 1500 in the UK across multiple sites.
We are specialists in highways construction and have been involved in large scale UK and international construction projects within the highways, airfields and marine sectors as well as offering highways maintenance services and manufacturing our own innovative surfacing products.
We hold a ‘Gold Investor in People’ award for continuously developing and rewarding our employees, offering excellent career potential.
Purpose of the Role As an Operative you will be based at our Leigh project, where we work on 95% of the UK’s commercial, private and military airfields offering specialist services, relating to maintaining or providing Airfield pavements and small civil engineering projects.
We provide a wide range of specialist maintenance, which varies from Minor repair with specialist products, deep saw cutting, joint sealing, replacement of concrete pavement, replacement of asphalt pavement and Lighting.
We will invest in multi skilled training for this Operative role and provide development opportunities into a team leader.
In return, we asked for a flexible approach to working on night shifts and weekends and general labouring skills.
Main Responsibilities As an Operative, you will ensure all jobs have the appropriate job sheets, method statements and other documentation and arrange necessary tools/equipment/materials/consumables for the job, including appropriate task specific PPE.
The Operatives reports to the Site Management, ensuring any site inductions are undertaken prior to works commencing.
Ideal Candidate We value experience as much as qualifications, however, it is essential the following are held as a minimum: Driving Licence and CSCS card.
Specialist sawing, drilling and concrete cutting techniques is a definite advantage but not essential if you have general Labouring skills or experience working within a civils environment
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Colas is a world leader in the construction and maintenance of transport infrastructure.
With a network spanning 50 countries and five continents, Colas constructs and maintains roads, highways, ports, logistics hubs and airport specialist surfacing. In the UK, Colas maintains Strategic Road Network projects on behalf of Highways England and many local authorities.
Our main areas of business are Asset Management, Contracting and Industrial, which comprise:
Asset Management
A full spectrum of planned and reactive maintenance services, working with key clients to provide service deliverables through long term contracts.
Traffic Technology
Colas has installed over 8000 message signs across the UK. Colas also manufactures signage systems and offers commissioning services.
Traffic Management
Our accredited national service designs and installs solutions for programmed maintenance, emergencies and events. Our TM team has spear-headed road worker safety campaigns including safety barriers and early warning system IPV vehicles.
High Capacity Mobile Plant
Our mobile asphalt plants are utilised for dedicated surfacing solutions. We have access to over 40 plants, each capable of producing up to 600t of Asphalt per hour.
Pavements & Surfacing
Colas offers traditional surfacing including Stone Mastic Asphalt (SMA) and Hot Rolled Asphalt (HRA) in addition to specialist and sustainable solutions.
Products and Materials
Colas provides aggregates, emulsions, asphalt mix and packed bitumen products, as well as a comprehensive range of quarry binders, surface dressing binders, bond coats and coated stone from our quarries around the UK.
Street Lighting
Our expertise in installation and maintenance helps improve energy efficiency and reduce running costs. We currently operate lighting contracts for major county and city councils, replacing sodium lanterns with highly efficient LEDs realising significant cost savings.
With a network spanning 50 countries and five continents, Colas constructs and maintains roads, highways, ports, logistics hubs and airport specialist surfacing. In the UK, Colas maintains Strategic Road Network projects on behalf of Highways England and many local authorities.
Our main areas of business are Asset Management, Contracting and Industrial, which comprise:
Asset Management
A full spectrum of planned and reactive maintenance services, working with key clients to provide service deliverables through long term contracts.
Traffic Technology
Colas has installed over 8000 message signs across the UK. Colas also manufactures signage systems and offers commissioning services.
Traffic Management
Our accredited national service designs and installs solutions for programmed maintenance, emergencies and events. Our TM team has spear-headed road worker safety campaigns including safety barriers and early warning system IPV vehicles.
High Capacity Mobile Plant
Our mobile asphalt plants are utilised for dedicated surfacing solutions. We have access to over 40 plants, each capable of producing up to 600t of Asphalt per hour.
Pavements & Surfacing
Colas offers traditional surfacing including Stone Mastic Asphalt (SMA) and Hot Rolled Asphalt (HRA) in addition to specialist and sustainable solutions.
Products and Materials
Colas provides aggregates, emulsions, asphalt mix and packed bitumen products, as well as a comprehensive range of quarry binders, surface dressing binders, bond coats and coated stone from our quarries around the UK.
Street Lighting
Our expertise in installation and maintenance helps improve energy efficiency and reduce running costs. We currently operate lighting contracts for major county and city councils, replacing sodium lanterns with highly efficient LEDs realising significant cost savings.
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