Galway City Council is seeking to form panels from which permanent, temporary and temporary seasonal posts may be filled at General Operative grade. The General Operative grade is an entry-level outdoor grade in Galway City Council and is a critical post in terms of ensuring quality service delivery to the public. 

Typical services include roads and transportation, maintenance of social housing units and estates, environmental, upkeep of recreation and amenity facilities etc. The role is likely to be outdoors, operational and manual and the duties will vary according to the functional area to which the person is assigned. The ideal candidate will be highly motivated, adaptable, flexible, and capable of acting on their own initiative and someone with a strong sense of commitment to delivering quality public services.
 

A General Operative’s duties may include but will not be limited to;

• Carrying out operational / manual work at the instruction of supervisors, which is likely to involve working outdoors and at times, in adverse weather conditions, outside normal 8am to 4.30pm working hours and at weekends and Public Holidays;
• General maintenance duties in relation to roads and footpaths including drainage work and tar patching etc.;
• Driving Council / hired vehicles as required;
• Street cleaning/Litter picking on the early morning shift (5am start);
• Pipe laying;
• Refuse collection;
• Hand digging of graves and being cognisant of grieving members of the public;
• Concrete work;
• Erecting fencing and netting;
• Grass cutting, Strimming & weed control;
• Planting and other gardening duties;
• Power washing & graffiti removal;
• Cutting and removal of vegetation;
• Positive front facing attitude to dealings with members of the public;
• Carrying out any other maintenance, installation, construction and repair work as may be required from time to time;
• Attend to emergency work outside of normal working hours;
• Any other duties which may be assigned to them by their Supervisor