Winter Maintenance Seasonal Driver

Balfour Beatty; Boston; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction group in the UK is seeking a Winter Maintenance Seasonal Driver responsible for ensuring road safety during winter conditions. Key duties include operating gritter vehicles, performing daily checks, and complying with health and safety regulations. Candidates should have a full Class C Licence, Driver CPC qualification, and a Digital Tachograph Card. This role offers flexible working and various benefits, including paid leave and family-friendly policies.

Benefits

Flexible start and finish times

25 days paid annual leave

Pension and share incentive plan

Family-friendly policies

Qualifications

• Must have a full, clean Class C Licence.
• Current Driver CPC qualification is required.
• Must hold a Valid Digital Tachograph Card.

Responsibilities

• Carry out precautionary salting of highways ahead of frost and ice.
• Operate gritter vehicles on winter maintenance routes.
• Report defects after daily vehicle checks.

Skills

Strong Health & Safety mindset

Excellent reliability

Positive attitude

Strong teamwork

Good communication skills

Adaptability

Education

Full, clean Class C Licence

Current Driver CPC qualification

Valid Digital Tachograph Card

Job description

About the role

Job Title: Winter Maintenance Seasonal Driver

Location: Boston, Lincolnshire

Project Type: Living Places - Lincolnshire

Company: Balfour Beatty Group

About Us

Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure and construction group. We finance, develop, build, and maintain innovative and efficient projects that underpin daily life, supports communities, and enables 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.

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 our projects, you will work with true experts who will share their knowledge and provide support, encouragement, and invaluable feedback so you never stop learning.

Bring us your capability, and we'll help you take it much, much further.

What you’ll be doing

As a Winter Maintenance Seasonal Driver you will have the following accountabilities:

• Play a key role in our Winter Service Delivery by carrying out precautionary salting of highways ahead of frost and ice, and removing snow when required to keep roads safe and open for all users
• Operate gritter vehicles and associated plant on pre‑determined winter maintenance routes across the network
• Complete all assigned gritting and snow‑clearance runs to the required quality standards, ensuring work is done right first time
• Perform thorough daily vehicle checks before and after shifts, accurately recording and reporting any defects
• Be available for winter duties on a standby rota (minimum every other week), including nights, weekends and bank holidays as required
• Strictly adhere to EU/UK Drivers' Hours and Working Time regulations, ensuring you always have sufficient hours available and never risk a breach
• Report all Close Calls, incidents, near‑misses and examples of Good Practice through the correct channels
• Follow all depot‑based fleet movement and operational procedures
• Use fuel, salt and other resources efficiently to help maintain service profitability
• Build positive working relationships with colleagues, supervisors and other teams to support smooth winter service delivery
• Comply fully with all statutory requirements, company policies and procedures, particularly those relating to health & safety and quality

Who we’re looking for

The following Qualifications are Mandatory

• Holds a full, clean Class C Licence
• Current Driver CPC qualification
• Valid Digital Tachograph Card

We’re seeking individuals with the right attitude and behaviours who can demonstrate:

• A strong Health & Safety‑first mindset
• Excellent reliability – you show up when needed, especially during unsocial hours and severe weather
• A positive, can‑do attitude and professional conduct at all times
• Strong teamwork and the ability to work effectively with colleagues and supervisors
• Good communication skills and a confident, polite customer‑facing manner
• Honesty, integrity, and genuine pride in your work
• Willingness to listen, follow instructions, and carry out tasks accurately
• Adaptability – able to respond quickly to changing weather conditions, routes, and priorities
• A desire to continually learn and improve performance
• Happy to share knowledge and help develop others in the team
• Focus on quality and accuracy in everything you do

Desirable (full training provided if needed)

• Previous Winter Service experience with City & Guilds 6159 Units 513 (ploughing) and 580 (salting/spreading)

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‑ratio)
• 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]