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 in order to drive and operate fleet vehicles (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.