What you'll be doing
As a Highways Maintenance Operative, you will:
- Carry out a range of highway construction and maintenance activities, including pothole and patch repairs, footway reconstruction, kerbing, block laying and slabbing
- Repair and install bollards and fencing
- Undertake drainage, concreting and pavement works
- Install and maintain street ironwork
- Excavate holes and trenches safely
- Complete traffic management duties in accordance with the relevant Code of Practice
- Deliver work safely, efficiently and to the required quality standards
- Select appropriate working methods to ensure tasks are completed correctly first time
- Use plant, equipment and machinery effectively and responsibly
- Organise, control and monitor materials and supplies
- Review job information and recommend improvements where appropriate
- Follow all reasonable work instructions and agreed programmes
- Report close calls, observations and examples of good practice
- Support emergency response and winter maintenance services when required
- Build positive working relationships across operational teams and with customers, clients and other stakeholders
- Represent Balfour Beatty professionally and provide a high standard of customer service
- Use resources effectively and contribute to the successful delivery of the contract
Who we're looking for
You will put health and safety first and take pride in completing work accurately and to a high standard. You’ll be reliable, adaptable and comfortable working as part of a team in a customer-facing environment.
You should have practical experience in several of the following areas:
- Footway construction
- Carriageway pothole and patch repairs
- Highway civil engineering works
- Linear drainage
- Street ironwork
- Concreting
- Kerbing, block laying and slabbing
- Traffic management
- Road gritting and winter maintenance
- Driving and operating around plant
- Manual handling
You will also demonstrate:
- A positive and professional attitude
- Good communication skills
- Honesty and integrity
- A willingness to learn and share knowledge
- The ability to follow instructions and respond to changing situations
- A strong commitment to teamwork, quality and continuous improvement
The following qualifications would be advantageous:
- Class 1 or Class 2 driving licence
- Driver CPC
- NRSWA accreditation
- 12D Traffic Management T1/T2
- CSCS Highway Maintenance
- First Aid
- Abrasive Wheels
- CPCS or NPORS plant certification, including ride-on roller, dumper, telehandler or 360 excavator
- Level 2 Winter Maintenance
- Level 2 Construction
- Level 3 Bricklaying
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us?
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…
About us
Balfour Beatty Living Places works in long-term partnerships with local authorities to create great places to live, work and play. We actively engage with local people to understand the needs of the communities we work in and shape the places where local economies can thrive and grow. As a leader in sustainable working, diversity, and social value, we use our expertise to bring real, positive change for our customers.
Diversity and inclusion
At Balfour Beatty, we want everyone to be able to thrive and achieve their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. We’re making great progress through our Value Everyone DEI Action Plan, but we know we’ve got more to do. Find out more about our values and DEI initiatives.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.
We are committed to our processes being barrier-free and will support adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Please let the recruiter for this role know if you require any adjustments.
We’re looking to continually improve our recruitment process, so if you have any feedback, please share this with us via candidaterecruitmentenquiries@balfourbeatty.com