Street Lighting installation and maintenance operative

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

Job summary

Join a leading infrastructure company as a Street Lighting Installation and Maintenance Operative. You'll be responsible for maintaining and installing street lighting, ensuring safety and efficiency while contributing to community development. Enjoy a flexible work environment and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Smart working options

25 days of paid annual leave

Family-friendly policies

Pension schemes

Share plans

Volunteering leave

Recognition schemes

Qualifications

• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in IT skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintenance, erection, and removal of street lighting and signs.
• Excavation and reinstatement of surface materials.
• Driving vehicles and operating ancillary plant.

Skills

Communication

IT Skills

Education

GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English

Job description

About the role

Our projects are more than just opportunities to make your mark; they are chances to stretch, test, and develop your expertise. Join our UKCS - Balfour Beatty Living Places team as a Street Lighting Installation and Maintenance Operative, and you'll undertake complex work that significantly impacts our business and the community around you.

What you'll be doing

1. The maintenance, erection, and removal of street lighting, signs, and related equipment, with careful attention to buried services and overhead cables.
2. The excavation and reinstatement of coated and other surface materials.
3. Driving vehicles and operating ancillary plant (such as hoists or lorry loaders), including routine vehicle and plant checks, maintenance, and cleaning.

Who we're looking for

Essential:

• GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in IT skills.

Desirable:

• Street lighting experience.
• ECS with HEA Portfolio.
• NRSWA Operative qualification.

Why work for us

Our teams deliver some of the UK's most ambitious, exciting, and meaningful projects, developing, building, and maintaining vital infrastructure that supports national economies and communities.

Why join us?

In addition to contributing to work that improves lives, we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Smart working options with flexible start and finish times, and up to 40% remote work where applicable.
• 25 days of paid annual leave (pro-rata).
• Family-friendly policies, including 28 weeks of full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks for paternity/partners leave.
• Additional benefits like pension schemes, share plans, volunteering leave, recognition schemes, and more.

About us

Balfour Beatty Living Places partners with local authorities to create great places to live, work, and play. We engage with communities to understand their needs and foster local economic growth. As leaders in sustainability, diversity, and social value, we leverage our expertise to bring positive change.

Diversity and inclusion

We believe diversity and inclusion are vital to a successful and happy workplace. Through our strategies and actions, we aim to grow our diverse workforce and cultivate an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive. For more information, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion.

We are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum, and AFBE. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to support long-term actions on Black Inclusion. We are also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans, and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to supporting applicants with disabilities and long-term health conditions, including offering interviews to those who meet minimum role requirements. For more info, visit disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk.

We continually aim to improve our recruitment process to be fair and inclusive. Feedback can be shared at: [e-mail].