Gully Truck Driver/ Operative

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Alix Carey

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We're looking for a Drainage Operative to join our Transportation team based in Northamptonshire. Within this role, you can enjoy a fantastic, matched pension scheme, 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family, a competitive annual holiday entitlement, with opportunities to buy/sell leave and even more.

Can you envision a world without transportation links by land, sea, or air? Neither can we! Your journey is our journey. Join us at Kier Transportation, where we are working brilliantly together to make a difference, supporting the movement of people, goods, and equipment.

Location: Brixworth, Northampton

Hours: Permanent, full time of 45 hours per week, Monday to Friday - nights

Salary: £38,937.60 per year

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

As a Drainage Operative, you'll be working within the Kier Transportation team, supporting them in maintaining a safe and operational highway drainage system.

Your day to day will include:

• Driving and operating a gully truck to carry out scheduled and reactive drainage maintenance
• Cleaning and maintaining highway drainage systems including gully pots, ACO channels, culverts, and interceptors
• Using high-pressure jetting equipment to clear blockages and ensure free-flowing drainage
• Recording completed works using handheld devices
• Supporting emergency response operations during adverse weather or flooding events

What are we looking for?

This role of Drainage Operative is great for you if:

• You have experience operating high-pressure jetting equipment or similar vehicles
• You're comfortable working outdoors in all weather conditions
• You can communicate effectively with your team and the public, and follow safety procedures
• You hold a UK Driving Licence and a class 2 HGV licence

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.

• Job Description - Drainage Gully Truck Driver Operative - Northampton West - nights.docx

• Location: Northampton
• Vacancy ID: 10697
• Background check: None
• Closing date: 31 Aug 2026
• Flexible Working: No

Flexible working could include part time, job share, condensed hours, or flexible start/end times.

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