Trainee Asphalt Plant Operative

Overview

Assist in manufacturing and maintaining asphalt plant operations

Key Responsibilities

• vehicle maintenance
• safety compliance
• environmental standards
• pre‑post inspection
• fuel efficiency
• fault reporting

Tasks

-To ensure environmental standards are maintained and prevent spillages -To comply with health and safety procedures and policies to ensure the role is carried out without risk to self and others. -To ensure the vehicle is driven legally with courtesy to other road users -To assist to ensure product quality is maintained -Assisting to complete daily checks and maintenance of the vehicle -Assisting to inspect and clean the vehicle daily and report faults to supervisors. -Assisting to perform pre and post inspections -To drive in a fuel-efficient manner at all times -To fuel the vehicle daily -To assist with repairs during breakdowns and complete preventative maintenance.

Requirements

• maintenance
• plant control
• housekeeping
• quarry
• machinery
• driving licence

What You Bring

-Experience and competency to carryout routine and planned basic maintenance -Familiar with operating a manufacturing plant using computer control system -Ability to complete housekeeping/cleaning around plan -Preferred but not essential: -Experience working in a quarry or construction materials manufacturing environment -A willingness to learn within the materials industry -Experience operating plant or machinery in construction/quarry or similar industry -A valid UK driving licence

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Benefits

-Free onsite parking -Company pension scheme -Option to participate in our ShareSave scheme -Holiday buy scheme -Life Assurance Scheme -1 day per year to volunteer with a charity of your choice (fully paid!) and fund-matching up to £200 for charitable events -Access to our employee benefits platform, giving you discounts on a wide variety of high street shops and brands -33 days per year (including bank holidays) -Enhanced parental leave policy -Broad learning opportunities, training, and career progression pathways. -Employee Assistance Programme providing a wide range of health and wellbeing support 24/7 -A tailored, competitive salary

About Breedon Group Plc

-Born from centuries‑old quarrying at Breedon on the Hill, the group surged into modernity after 2008, reshaping UK and Irish markets through savvy acquisitions. -With a vertically‑integrated model, it pulls raw aggregates straight through to finished products and surfacing services, serving projects across infrastructure, housing and industrial sectors. -In recent years its strategic beachhead in the US—through the acquisition of BMC and Lionmark in Missouri—has positioned it for North American growth. -Typical projects range from major roadworks and airport surfacing to residential foundations and industrial flooring. -Standout products include its flagship Golden Amber Gravel (a Royal‑Warranted driveway gravel) and specialist speedway shale used on international tracks.

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