Seasonal Waterway Operative

We are looking to recruit Seasonal Waterway Operatives / Bridge Operator for the Gloucester Sharpness Canal.

The duties include:

- Manually operating hand-wound bridges to allow safe passage of boats through then closing up behind them.
- Daily checks on the bridge to check safe operation
- Communicating via phone between bridges as part of a wider team
- This is considered a manual labour job but I have volunteers in their 70s doing it, so it’s not hard work.
- Full training is given and typically candidates are trained/assessed within a matter of days.
- Full PPE given
- Good customer experience required as they’ll be customer facing.
- Hours per day are 8am-6pm and you would be expected to infill the rota, so likely 3-5 days a week.
- No set lunch/break times but there’s usually plenty of time during shift for meals and breaks.
- Looking for immediate start and the season runs until 31st October.