Job Introduction
Landmarc Support Services is currently seeking to recruit a Training Area Operative.
As the Training Area Operative, you will play a key part in helping to maintain a safe, efficient and sustainable place for our Armed Forces to train, this pivotal role is essential to the delivery of the contract.
This role, is based on a 12 month Fixed - Term Contract. You are required to work flexibly over the course of 37 hour working week. You will be required to work weekends.
We are looking for someone who either has previous knowledge of working on the Defence Training estate or someone who is keen to learn new skills and bring an enthusiastic willingness to learn, Landmarc will provide full training for the successful applicant.
Main Responsibility
To ensure that the Training Estate Facilities are fit for purpose.
preparing training areas for use,
preventative maintenance,
grounds maintenance,
operation and maintenance of plant and equipment,
forestry and arborical work,
manufacturing targets,
housekeeping,
equipment testing
calibrating, sustainability tasks,
driving and operating fleet vehicles
To ensure that the Training Estate Facilities adhere to safe systems of work e.g.:
control of access,
warning systems including training control offices, radar and flags,
reporting defects,
report and deal with unauthorised persons on the Training Area Estate.
To liaise with all stakeholders to ensure effective training area delivery e.g.:
handover/ take back of facilities with service users including providing information on ‘maximising’ the facility,
the Employers representatives regarding training area safety and usage,
direct and advise wider training estate users including the general public.
To complete all relevant documentation utilising both IT and paper based systems.
To carry out additional works in response to additional contract requirements (Fee earning)
general maintenance,
soft fm,
stock management,
waste services,
reactive maintenance,
vegetation maintenance,
operation and maintenance of plant equipment.
The Ideal Candidate
Knowledge of Health and Safety
Knowledge of working in a rural environment.
Knowledge of range assignment instructions and range standing orders.
Experience of track and fencing maintenance.
Experience as a range/ training area user.
Experience of communicating with customers.
Work in a diverse multi-tasking mobile team environment
Basic laboring, caretaking and housekeeping skills
Rural, forestry or arborical skills.
Demonstrate proven track record of achieving objectives
Ability to operate rural plant and machinery
Ability to complete documentation
Basic IT skills
Be vaccinated against work place risks; keep tetanus and polio vaccinations up to date, and participate in company instigated vaccination programmes where there is a recognised health risk.
Willingness to undertake training to work in high risk areas e.g. transporting dangerous loads
Package Description
Landmarc will provide you with a competitive salary; in addition to this, we also offer the following main benefits, amongst many others:
Pension
Landmarc offers all employees an opportunity to join our company stakeholder pension scheme, whereby the company will contribute up to 8% of the employee’s salary.
Holiday
Employees are entitled to 25 days’ pro rata during each year of employment plus public holidays. Three extra discretionary days added to our annual leave allowances at Christmas.
Annual leave allowance will increase in recognition of your continued service.
Holiday purchase – purchase up to 10 more days’ holiday to use throughout the year.
Other benefits
Edenred – employee savings scheme
Annual salary review, in consultation with the recognised Trade Unions
Life assurance insured for three times your annual salary, to help the loved ones.
Reimbursement of professional fees and on-going training
Family friendly policy
Sick pay
About the Company
Landmarc provides the support services that enable Armed Forces from around the world to prepare for frontline military operations across the UK Defence Training Estate (DTE). This includes maintaining and delivering safe and sustainable infrastructure, managing and operating training areas and ranges and delivering multi-million pound projects to improve vital training assets.
By joining Landmarc you will be supporting our vision to provide the best training experience we can for our Armed Forces. We are the first and only Special Purpose Vehicle to be contracted by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) as their Industry Partner on the UK Defence Training Estate and the only company that is solely dedicated to the UK DTE, delivering essential support services since 2003.