Highway Maintenance Operative

Balfour Beatty; Renfrew; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Highways Maintenance Operative, contributing to vital infrastructure projects in Scotland. This role offers a chance to engage in winter maintenance operations, traffic management, and civil works, ensuring safety and efficiency on the roads. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, the company fosters a supportive environment for all employees. Enjoy flexible working arrangements, generous leave policies, and opportunities for professional growth while making a meaningful impact in your community.

Benefits

25 days paid annual leave

Family friendly policies

Pension plan

Share incentive plan

Volunteering leave

Recognition schemes

Flexible working hours

Up to 40% remote working

Qualifications

• Experience in winter maintenance operations and traffic management.
• Knowledge of health & safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Conduct winter maintenance operations and participate in emergency response.
• Manage traffic and perform civil works like drainage repairs.

Skills

Class 1 or 2 LGV licence

Driver CPC qualification

NHSS 12 AB Traffic management

Health & safety procedures knowledge

Tools

CPCS Telescopic Telehandler

Job description

About the role

Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a temporary Highways Maintenance Operative to join our Regional team to work in Newton Mearns and maintaining roads in East Renfrewshire, East Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire.

What you'll be doing

You will have the following accountabilities:

• Provide winter maintenance operations including participating in a shift system and winter standby
  rota;
• Be responsible for traffic management;
• Participate in emergency response on a rostered basis;
• Civil works e.g. Carriageway patching, drainage and fencing repairs;
• Cyclic works e.g. Sign cleaning, gully cleaning and grass cutting

Who we're looking for

The following qualities and experience are essential:

• Class 1 or 2 LGV licence;
• In receipt or working towards Driver CPC qualification;
• NHSS 12 AB Traffic management experience;
• Knowledge and awareness of health & safety procedures and standards.

The following qualities/experience are desirable:

• Winter maintenance experience;
• NRSWA Qualification;
• First Aid Qualification;
• CPCS Telescopic Telehandler.

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. 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]