Highway Electrical Operative

Balfour Beatty plc; Northampton; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Balfour Beatty Living Places is recruiting a Street Lighting Operative to install, maintain and upgrade street lighting assets across Northamptonshire. You will work on LED upgrades, perform fault finding, and support routine maintenance with a strong focus on safety and efficiency.

The role is site-based across the county, with occasional out-of-hours standby for emergencies. The successful candidate will hold a full UK driving licence, have electrical experience and be proficient with handheld

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence required.
• Understanding of signing, lighting & guarding for highway works.
• Experience in an electrical role.
• Basic IT skills; comfortable with handheld devices/tablets.
• Commitment to working safely; follow health & safety procedures.
• G39 and Safe Isolation (214) qualification.

Responsibilities

• Install, maintain and repair street lighting assets across the county.
• Replace and upgrade with LED equipment.
• Fault finding and routine maintenance tasks.
• Excavate and reinstate where needed for install/repair work.
• Paint and maintain street furniture to high standards.
• Carry out risk assessments and follow safe working practices.
• Record work on company systems using handheld devices.
• Care for company vehicles, tools and equipment.
• Participate in out-of-hours standby rota for emergencies.

Skills

Driving licence

Electrical experience

IT skills

Health and safety

G39 Safe Isolation

Job description

About the role

Location: Northamptonshire (site-based across the county)

Company: Balfour Beatty Living Places

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We are looking for a Street Lighting Operative to join our Northamptonshire team, helping to install, maintain and improve street lighting assets across the county. This is an excellent opportunity to join a supportive team where you'll continue to develop your skills while making a visible difference to local communities.

What you'll be doing

As a Street Lighting Operative, you'll be responsible for:

• Installing, maintaining and repairing a variety of street lighting and illuminated assets.
• Replacing and upgrading street lighting with modern, energy-efficient LED equipment.
• Fault finding and carrying out routine maintenance works.
• Undertaking excavations and reinstatements associated with installation and repair activities.
• Painting and maintaining street furniture to a high standard.
• Carrying out dynamic risk assessments and following safe working practices at all times.
• Using company-issued technology to record work activities and update job information.
• Looking after company vehicles, tools and equipment.
• Participating in an out-of-hours standby rota for emergency response works.

Who we're looking for

Essential

• Full UK driving licence.
• You will also have a good understanding of signing, lighting and guarding requirements for highway works.
• Experience in an Electrical role
• Basic IT skills and confidence using handheld devices or tablets.
• Commitment to working safely and following health and safety procedures.
• G39 and Safe Isolation (214) qualification.

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 believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at [e-mail]