Traffic Management Operative

OCU Group are expanding, which means we are currently looking for a Traffic Management Operative to join our transport team. The purpose of the role is to install, maintain and remove the temporary traffic equipment, such as cones, signs, frames, sandbags, and traffic lights on both low and high-speed roads whilst ensuring compliance with company policies.

Duties and Responsibilities:

· Oversee all methods of traffic management; give and take, priority, stop and go boards, portable traffic signals, road closures, diversion, and lane closures.

· To make sure all work is carried out accordingly to safe working methods and best practice procedures.

· To carry out risk assessments and method statements on works involving traffic management.

· To ensure that all activities associated with the job are carried out according to laid down procedures where possible. Identify areas that can be improved and report to your line manager.

· To ensure that daily vehicle checks are carried out – to ensure cleanliness and tidiness of vehicle and the safety of the driver and passenger.

· Promote positive company image whilst at work (via wearing of company clothing, attitude, and site cleanliness).

· Liaise with the traffic management office staff and other operatives.

· Demonstrate initiative by constantly looking to see where improvements can be made.

· Assist the public, directing them through safe site lines when required.

· Ascertain when management intervention is required.

Skills and Experience:

· Lantra 12d accreditation as a minimum TTMBC, 12d (M1, M2, M3, M5).

· Provide evidence that you understand the differences between Chapter 8 and the Safety at Street Works and Road Works (red book) and how these apply.

· Full valid UK driving licence.

· Be able to read and understand CAD drawings, in relation to the works required.

· Preferably to have mechanical ability in relation to Traffic Lights.

Company Information:

Established in 1994, OCU Group is one of the fastest growing utility engineering contractors in the UK, with a long successful track record in delivering customer-focused civil engineering solutions.

Working directly with many of the country’s leading blue-chip power, water, telecoms and rail clients, we are looking for the very best talent to join our growing team.

We pride ourselves on empowering our employees and offering opportunities for them to take control of their own personal development and career progression in a supportive environment.

We believe that being successful is a choice.

We choose to be successful.

We are OCU, ‘One Company United’.

We celebrate difference and appreciate diverse backgrounds. We encourage everyone who join us to be themselves at work and create inclusive teams in our workplace.

Job Type: Permanent

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Referral programme

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: One location

Reference ID: TMO1