General Building/Maintenance Operative

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 7 May 2026
LOCATION
Bridgwater
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
SALARY
£33,000 / year
CATEGORY
Skilled Trades
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SKILLS

Groundworks Masonry Carpentry Plumbing Plant Operation Health and Safety Awareness Teamwork Driving Licence

FULL DESCRIPTION

General Building/Maintenance Operative

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is hiring an Asset Improvement Operator in Bridgwater. Circa £33,000, permanent, on-site role in operations and maintenance.

  • Location: Bridgwater
  • Salary: Circa £33,000
  • Type: Permanent
  • Posted: 05 May 2026
  • Closing: 19 May 2026

What you'll do

We are looking for a skilled, practical and self-motivated individual to support our Water Recycling team. Within the role you will be expected to work both individually and as part of a team while repairing and maintaining various assets. These include waste treatment process and civil assets on our water recycling centres, including general maintenance repairs on buildings and welfare facilities. Typical day-to-day duties may include fitting/repairing doors, concreting and general building and groundworks, such as footpaths and fencing. Your work will involve a mixture of indoor and outdoor work, which will include installing and maintaining pathways, track repairs, emergency site security works and health and safety works. Additionally, the role will involve performing maintenance work on our process assets, such as settlement tank cleans and repairs, and clean water legionella tank cleans. You will also work on various process plant, including lagoons, reed beds and biological filters. PPE, tools, training and a company van will be provided.

What you'll need

We are looking for someone from a building/groundworks background, who has qualifications or knowledge and experience of groundworks, masonry, or carpentry work. You will ideally be multiskilled and have basic knowledge plumbing with relevant plant tickets to operate excavators, dumpers and other plant (or a willingness to obtain these). You will have health, safety and welfare awareness and will be a self-motivated, effective communicator with personal drive. In addition to this, you should have basic IT skills in order to work with our in-house systems. Most important is the ability and willingness to work as part of a team to overcome any challenges presented on a day-to-day basis and deliver outputs. Please note you will need a valid clean driving licence due to the remote nature of the role.

What you'll receive

  • A combined pension contribution of up to 20%.
  • Career progression and professional development opportunities.
  • 25 days' holiday rising to 28 with length of service.
  • The opportunity to buy up to 10 days' holiday and sell up to five every year.
  • A healthcare package that allows you to claim back healthcare costs.
  • Life assurance of up to eight times your salary.
  • A new electric car in exchange for part of your gross salary, subject to conditions.
  • Cashback and discounts from more than 3,000 retailers.
  • One paid volunteering day each year.
  • Enhanced family leave and pay arrangements.
  • An interactive health and wellbeing platform.
  • Support from mental health first aiders.
  • A £1,000 referral fee if you recommend someone to work for us.

Who we are

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is part of the international YTL Group based in Kuala Lumpur. The UK companies include: [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] – one of the top-performing water and sewerage companies in England and Wales, serving 2.9 million people across the South West; [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] – a major UK developer; [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] – a top 20 UK contractor; [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] – an entertainment complex; plus a number of other retail, environmental and specialist businesses.

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