Highway maintenance Operative

Balfour Beatty; Carlisle; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading international construction group as a Highway Maintenance Operative, where you will play a crucial role in maintaining vital infrastructure. This position offers a chance to work with experts in the field, providing winter maintenance and engaging in various civil works. With a strong commitment to professional development, the company empowers you to shape your career path while contributing to projects that positively impact communities. Enjoy the benefits of smart working, generous leave policies, and a supportive work environment that values diversity and inclusion. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a team that makes a difference in everyday life.

Benefits

Smart working flexibility

25 days paid annual leave

Family friendly policies

Pension plan

Share incentive plan

Volunteering leave

Recognition schemes

Qualifications

• Experience in highway maintenance and civil works is essential.
• Knowledge of health & safety procedures is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide winter maintenance and participate in emergency response.
• Complete civil works including drainage and fencing repairs.

Skills

Health & Safety Awareness

Traffic Management

Emergency Response

Education

Class 1 or 2 LGV Licence

CSCS Card

Driver CPC Qualification

Tools

CDM Awareness

RTM Operative (T1/T2)

Job description

About the role

Job Title: Highway Maintenance Operative

Location: Carlisle

Company: Balfour Beatty Group

Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure and construction group. We finance, develop, build, and maintain innovative and efficient projects that underpin daily life, support communities, and enable economic growth. Our unparalleled expertise and resources ensure that we deliver high-quality projects safely, on time, and within budget.

Now is a great time to join us. As a leading international construction group with a healthy pipeline of work, we're growing our teams. Shape a career to be proud of as part of an award-winning team.

Our team shapes projects that connect communities and impact daily life for millions. Join our Regional Scotland team as a Highway Maintenance Operative to build new futures.

Own your career, and you can build something to be proud of at Balfour Beatty. By joining our well-established construction teams working on our significant future pipeline of highways projects you will work with true experts who will share their knowledge and provide support, encouragement, and invaluable feedback so you never stop learning.

What you'll be doing

As a Highway Maintenance Operative, you will have the following accountabilities:

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide winter maintenance, including participating in a shift system and winter standby rota.
• Be responsible for traffic management.
• Participate in emergency response on a rostered basis.
• Complete civil works e.g. Carriageway patching, drainage and fencing repairs.
• Complete cyclic works e.g. Sign cleaning, gully cleaning and grass cutting.
• Ensure all works are carried out in accordance with CDM.

Who we're looking for

The following qualities / experience are required:

• Hold a Class 1 or 2 LGV licence.
• Have knowledge and awareness of health & safety procedures and standards.
• Be in receipt or working towards Driver CPC qualification.
• Hold a CSCS card.
• RTM Operative (T1/T2).
• CDM Awareness.

Professional and personal development

The size and scale of Balfour Beatty coupled with our strong pipeline of work provides incredible opportunities, regardless of what stage you are at in your career.

We encourage and empower our employees to take control of their career and explore which part of the business they want to work in and what role is right for them. We actively encourage our managers and employees to have open communication throughout the year about wellbeing, development, and career opportunities.

We're proud of the Balfour Beatty Academy. Whether it's sharpening your technical expertise, improving your personal skills, or seeking support to become professionally qualified, our 70:20:10 approach to development means we have a learning approach that suits everyone.

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

From Dunfermline's tramways in 1909 to highland hospitals today, Balfour Beatty has been trusted for over a century to deliver the complex and critical infrastructure and iconic buildings Scotland relies on.

We have the people, knowledge, and experience to safely deliver projects right first time, maximising value for money and ensuring a positive social impact and inclusive economic growth for local communities.

Our award-winning sustainable projects, including active travel, Passivhaus and retrofit, demonstrate our commitment to supporting Scotland's transition towards net zero in the built environment.

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.

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.