General Operative

Right across infrastructure, there's a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you're at in your career, with us you'll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working?

We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. We're problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.

This role will be within our M Group Water are proud to be a key partner on the Caledonia Water Alliance and will successfully and safely work with Scottish Water to jointly deliver SR21, a six-year water and wastewater infrastructure pan Scotland capital investment programme.

This role will be within our Water Division, working on one of our current three frameworks with Scottish Water.

- SR21 DV1 : Capital works water and wastewater framework, delivered by the Caledonia Water Alliance (CWA) Joint Venture. Primarily infrastructure and civil engineering project improving network resilient and protecting the environment.

- SR21 DV2 : Predominantly MEICA based capital maintenance framework on existing water and wastewater assets. Upgrade, refurbishment and high value capital maintenance projects

- SR27 DV4 : The integrated design and construction of civil and infrastructure projects within SW 12 years enterprise arrangement. Project and programme opportunities across the full capital investment programme.

Whether you're a trainee, apprentice, graduate, or progressing through your career, it's an exceptional time to be a part of M Group Water Scotland. Our Scottish Water frameworks offer long term career development opportunities and a diverse portfolio of roles within the water sector.

Want to be a part of it?

What will you be doing?

You'll support major water and wastewater infrastructure projects by excavating and backfilling trenches, laying and jointing pipes, mixing concrete, and operating machinery, all under the guidance of experienced site leaders.

You'll keep the site safe and tidy, assist skilled workers, and handle various essential site tasks including fencing and earthworks. We'll provide all the training you need, equipping you to develop new skills while maintaining high standards of safety, teamwork, and customer care throughout site operations.

Do you have civil construction site experience?

- Have you worked on cross-country pipeline projects?

- Are you an NRSWA operative, or have similar experience?

- Do you hold (or are you willing to obtain) Water SHEA & National Water Hygiene accreditation?

- Can you demonstrate strong health & safety awareness, and do you hold a full driving licence with flexibility to travel?

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We're one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

- We're responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet

- We're open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations

- We're together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts

- We're ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life

Whether you're a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.

It's an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;

- Contributory pension scheme

- Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year

- Employee assistance programme

- My Rewards portal, access to 1000's of retail discounts

- Life assurance

- Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes

- Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave

- Reward and recognition scheme

- Recommend a friend - get rewarded for introducing people to us!

In addition, this role offers;

- Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!