Highways Maintenance Operative

Balfour Beatty plc; Quarrington; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working

25 days annual leave

Pension

Share incentive plan

Volunteering leave

Job summary

Balfour Beatty Living Places is recruiting a Highways Maintenance Operative based in Sleaford, Lincolnshire. You will join a dedicated operational team to maintain and improve local highways, ensuring safety and accessibility for communities.

The role covers a broad range of maintenance tasks, collaborating with local authorities and stakeholders, with a focus on quality workmanship and safety. A flexible approach to shifts and overtime is essential.

Qualifications

• Hold a Full UK Driving Licence and a strong commitment to health and safety.
• Pride in delivering quality workmanship with high standards.
• Honest, trustworthy and committed to acting with integrity.
• Flexible approach to overtime and shift working when required.
• Experience in highways maintenance is desirable but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Carry out bridge and culvert maintenance including deep excavations, shoring, formwork, concrete pours and repairs.
• Work safely at all times and support a Zero Harm culture.
• Report observations and near-misses to support continual improvement.
• Ensure all work complies with statutory requirements, procedures and quality standards.
• Use plant, equipment and machinery effectively to deliver safe, efficient work.
• Manage materials and resources to support successful project delivery.
• Collaborate with colleagues, stakeholders and customers to provide excellent service.
• Support emergency response, winter maintenance and out-of-hours activities as required.
• Demonstrate flexibility to work overtime and alternate shift patterns.

Skills

Driving Licence

Health & Safety

Quality workmanship

Integrity

Flexibility

Tools

CSCS Highway Maintenance card

Job description

About The Role

Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a Highways Maintenance Operative to join our UKCS Living Places business, based in Sleaford, Lincolnshire.

As a Highways Maintenance Operative, you will play a vital role in maintaining and improving the local highway network, helping to keep roads, footways and public spaces safe and accessible for local communities. Working as part of a dedicated operational team, you will undertake a variety of maintenance and construction activities, ensuring work is delivered safely, efficiently and to the highest standards.

Our Living Places teams work in partnership with Local Authorities to develop, manage and maintain essential infrastructure that communities rely on every day, creating safer, more sustainable and better-connected places for people to live and work.

What you\'ll be doing

• Carrying out a wide range of bridge and culvert maintenance activities including deep excavations, installing shoring, formwork installation, concrete pours, concrete repairs, and reinstatement works.
• Working safely at all times and supporting a culture of Zero Harm.
• Reporting observations, close calls and good practices to support continual improvement.
• Ensuring all work is completed in line with statutory requirements, company procedures and quality standards.
• Using plant, equipment and machinery effectively to deliver work safely and efficiently.
• Managing materials and resources responsibly to support successful project delivery.
• Working collaboratively with colleagues, stakeholders and customers to provide an excellent service.
• Supporting emergency response requirements, winter maintenance operations and out-of-hours activities when required.
• Demonstrating flexibility to work overtime and alternative shift patterns to meet operational requirements.
• Acting as a positive ambassador for Balfour Beatty at all times.

Who we\'re looking for

We\'re looking for a motivated individual who takes pride in delivering high-quality work and is committed to maintaining the highest standards of health and safety. You will be a reliable team player with a positive attitude, strong work ethic and a flexible approach to meeting operational demands.

Essential

• Full UK driving licence.
• Strong commitment to health and safety.
• Pride in delivering quality workmanship.
• Honest, trustworthy and committed to acting with integrity.
• Flexible approach to overtime and shift working when required.

Desirable

• Experience within highways maintenance, groundworks or construction environments.
• EUSR excavation qualifications.
• Confined Space training.
• NRSWA accreditation.
• CSCS Highway Maintenance card.
• Class 1 or Class 2 LGV licence.
• Driver CPC qualification.
• Telehandler training and/or vacuum excavation experience.

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?

Benefits

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]