General Operative

Are you looking to become part of a collaborative team whilst maximising your potential to grow and develop within your career? Apply today.

The Role.

GMC are currently looking for an experienced General Operative to join our team.

The successful General Operative will be supporting the delivery of projects across all aspects of the business from a construction point of view.

Key Duties and Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• To provide general assistance in support of safe delivery of project work scope.
• Ensure all work scope undertaken is carried out in a safe and productive manner, in line with Supervisors direction, company and project procedures.
• Be aware of and practice fully the requirement for total safety attitude in all operations.
• Assist trade personnel in the completion of their duties.
• Prepare and maintain worksite in line with Supervisor's instruction.
• Assist with general housekeeping, ensuring a safe, clean and tidy site is maintained at all times.
• Follow the schedule communicated by the supervisor.
• Support the main activity by obtaining the necessary tools and materials and then assisting the trade personnel under their guidance and instruction.
• Providing it is within the general/craft assistant's ability, deal with any minor issue that prevents completion of the task.
• Proactively seek additional tasks where time permits.
• Adhere to all company policies, working practices and procedures as communicated by the company from time to time.
• Participate in Toolbox Talks.
• Participate and contribute to Emergency Response process and procedure.

The Candidate: Required Experience and Competencies:

• Full clean driver's license essential.
• Manual Handling is desirable (training can be provided)
• Good work ethic
• Confident, motivated and can work independently as well as part of a team.
• Ability to work under pressure with strict deadlines.
• Time management abilities to meet targets.
• Good communication, interpersonal, and customer service skills.
• Integrity and respect for confidentiality and privacy.

Become a part of something bigger.

At the heart of GMC is our people, from engineers through to customer service and we aim to work collaboratively towards our common goals.

GMC is an equal opportunity employer, and we aim to recruit and retain like-minded people from diverse backgrounds with a wide range of expertise.

In GMC we foster a work culture that promotes collaboration and learning, building an environment where our people have the capacity to maximise their potential whilst gaining the opportunity to continuously develop.

Our Future.

Since the founding of GMC in 1981 by Gerry McCloskey, GMC has grown to be Ireland's leading Civils and Utilities company and the future for GMC is bright. We have engaged with our staff and other stakeholders to agree and publish our core values.

One of our core values is to "Focus on the Future".

Our growth to date reflects the confidence that our customers have in our service delivery, in the innovative approach that we bring to how we do our work, and to our culture of safety and quality.

We have ambitious plans to develop our footprint in Ireland and overseas but understand that every decision we make contributes to people's quality of life throughout generations, and we don't take that responsibility lightly as we build Ireland's infrastructure of tomorrow, today.