Trainee Streetworks Administrator
Have you recently left college and unsure if University is your path, or are you keen and driven about starting your career and finding a role where you can train and grow within an organisation? If so, we may have a great opportunity for you here at ABS as a Trainee Streetworks Administrator.
Who Are ABS?
ABS are an industry-leading and forward-thinking organisation, working within the Utilities Infrastructure sector. We pride ourselves on being specialists in everything we do, and we have a big year planned for growth. We are based in Buckshaw Village, just outside Chorley and are passionate about our people and especially nurturing and training those at the start of their careers.
The Role
The role as a Streetworks Administrator is a great opportunity to join a successful, fast paced and driven Streetworks Team who work to targets and manage challenging work flows daily. Have you ever been stuck in traffic at temporary roadworks and wondered how they got there? Well, within this role, you will be trained to arrange all the scheduling around teams getting on to site and also ensuring all legislation criteria is being followed correctly to maintain high standards and ensure all works that take place are safe. This role is varied, and no day is the same, some other role responsibilities include:
- Job Building to ensure teams have full job and safety information on site.
- Liaising with both Clients and Local Authorities.
- Liaising via the telephone and email with external Teams (Gangs) on the road ready to start their jobs, plus being the first point of contact for Gangs (Teams) on the road looking for guidance.
- Review Utility Prints to ensure it’s a safe area for the teams to work.
- Ensuring Streetworks legislation is followed to ensure no one is working illegally.
- Reporting Traffic Management requirements and ensuring they are in place for each job.
- Communicating and escalating where needed and ensuring that the correct information is both sent and received within required timescales.
Training and Ideal Candidate
As this is a trainee role, full training and support will be given from your first day. We have in place a set schedule and induction process to ensure you feel supported and guided. You will also be given the chance to gain an Accredited Award Winning Streetworks qualification, all delivered from our own In-House Training academy, alongside you daily tasks.
Our ideal candidate will also have a passion for problem solving, excellent eye for detail and enjoy taking ownership of your work. You will also ideally have:
Completed and gained strong results in courses such as: A levels, BTEC, T Level or even completed an Apprenticeship or looking to change. This could be in Business, Business Administration, Customer Service, HR, Maths, English just to name a few. We would also like to ideally have :
- Minimum X5 GCSE’s: Grade 4 and above including Maths and English
- Good natural communication skills both face to face and over the telephone
- Good written communication skills
- Good IT Skills and the ability to use Microsoft Office, Microsoft Teams and Word
What’s in it for you?
- Free onsite parking
- Free cereal, fruit, tea and coffee
- New breakout area
- Company and Engagement events
- Long Service Awards including Birthday day off!
- Refer a friend scheme.
If you would like to find out more about this opportunity, then please send your CV over to our dedicated Head of Talent Acquisition.
ABS Commercial Solutions Ltd is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. The organisation – in providing goods and/or services and/or facilities – is also committed against unlawful discrimination of customers or the public.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £25,000.00-£27,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Application question(s):
- What notice period are you on?
Work Location: In person
