Highways Maintenance Operative

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

Job summary

A leading construction and infrastructure company located in Sleaford seeks a Highways Maintenance Operative. The successful candidate will perform a variety of maintenance tasks and ensure compliance with Health and Safety standards while providing excellent customer service. The role offers smart working opportunities, 25 days of paid leave, and a range of other benefits, including family friendly policies and a pension plan.

Benefits

25 days paid annual leave

Family friendly policies

Pension and share incentive plan

Volunteering leave

Recognition schemes

Qualifications

• Focus on Health and Safety practices in all activities.
• Reliable and adaptable team player committed to quality.
• Customer-facing role requiring positive attitude and professional conduct.

Responsibilities

• Conduct highways maintenance activities including repairs and cyclical maintenance.
• Ensure compliance with Health and Safety procedures.
• Provide excellent customer service and support reactive and emergency services.

Skills

Health and Safety focus

Reliability

Adaptability

Good communication

Customer service

Education

Class 2 Licence

NRSWA

First Aid

CSCS

Tools

Plant equipment

Traffic management tools

Abrasive Wheel

Job description

About the role

Join Balfour Beatty as a Highways Maintenance Operative, based at our Sleaford Depot in Lincolnshire. You'll be part of the Lincolnshire Highways Maintenance contract, working within the revenue team to deliver reactive, emergency, and winter service operational activities. Your work will be essential in ensuring all highways maintenance is completed to the highest Health, Safety, and Quality standards, making a real difference to the local community.

What you'll be doing

Your accountabilities will be as follows:

• Carrying out a broad range of highways maintenance activities, including routine and cyclical maintenance, minor civils, emergency attendance, making sites safe, and temporary/permanent repairs.
• Ensuring compliance with all statutory and company procedures, especially Health & Safety, and contributing to a culture of Zero Harm.
• Reporting observations, close calls, and good practices, and supporting the delivery of winter and emergency services (in and out of hours).
• Using plant, equipment, and machinery effectively, and organising supplies of materials.
• Providing excellent customer service and acting as an ambassador for Balfour Beatty at all times.
• Working collaboratively with internal teams and external partners to deliver high-quality service.

Who we're looking for

We are seeking individuals who are:

• Health and Safety focused, reliable, adaptable, and committed to teamwork.
• Willing to learn, take pride in their work, and act with honesty and integrity.
• Customer-facing, with a positive attitude and professional conduct.
• Good communicators, willing to share knowledge, and always striving to improve performance.

Desirable experience includes

• Carriageway repairs, highway civils, drainage, iron works, concreting, driving, gritting, traffic management, kerbing, block laying, slabbing, plant awareness, and manual handling.

Desirable qualifications include

• Class 2 Licence, NRSWA, First Aid, Lantra T1/T2, CSCS, Abrasive Wheel, Manual Handling, Banksman, NVQ Winter Service, CPC, Chainsaw, 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?

• 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]