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Training Area Operative

Job Introduction

Landmarc Support Services is currently seeking to recruit a Training Area Operative at Crowborough, East Sussex.

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.

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.

 

Hours of work: 37 per week

Shifts run between: 07:30 – 23:00 

Days of work: Between Monday & Sunday

Contract: Permanent

Annual Allowances: £1,127.50 Variable Days Allowance (for weekend work)

Main Responsibility

Preparing and maintaining live firing ranges and training areas for day and night time use

Range Control duties to ensure a safe place is maintained during live firing activities

Carry out preventative, planned and reactive maintenance tasks

Grounds maintenance such as, grass cutting and strimming

Operation and maintenance of plant and equipment

Equipment testing, calibrating, sustainability tasks

Driving and operating fleet vehicles

Use both IT and paper based systems to complete any relevant documentation

The Ideal Candidate

Knowledge of Health & Safety such as COSHH, manual handling, risk assessments and safe systems of work

Experience of communicating with customers

Ability to complete documentation accurately and on time

Basic IT skills

General maintenance skills

Basic joinery skills

Acts responsibly and maintain a safe working environment

Works cooperatively with others to achieve team objectives

Must hold Full UK Driving Licence (essential)

 

 

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

Health Cash Plan – All employees can join. You can also add up to four children under the age of 24 to your policy

Family friendly policy

Sick pay - After 6 months of service 

 

* Application updates may be sent to you via email, please ensure you check your emails regularly. Please note some emails may arrive in your junk mail folder.

 

 

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.

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