Winter Maintenance Seasonal Driver

Balfour Beatty; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Balfour Beatty as a Winter Maintenance Driver to contribute to public safety. You'll ensure the roads are safe during winter conditions by undertaking vehicle checks and gritting activities. This role requires a Class C Licence and a commitment to health and safety practices. Enjoy a range of benefits while making a positive impact in your community.

Benefits

25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)

Flexible working hours

Family friendly policies for parental leave

Pension and share incentive plans

Volunteering leave

Qualifications

• Valid Class C Licence, CPC, and Tacho Card required.
• Strong focus on Health and Safety practices.
• Team-oriented with the ability to adapt to change.

Responsibilities

• Participate in winter service delivery, ensuring highways are salted and safe.
• Conduct daily vehicle checks and drive assigned routes.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations and quality standards.

Skills

Health and Safety first

Adaptable to changing situations

Team work

Reliable

Willing to learn

Customer facing

Good Communication skills

Positive Attitude

Education

Class C Licence

CPC

Tacho Card

Job description

About the role

Our work matters to millions.It'llmatter to you too. Join ourSBUteam as aWinter Maintenance Driveron theLincolnshire County Council Contract in Sturton & Willingham andyou'llbe a big part of fascinating, complex, varied and meaningful work.

Role Purpose:

Required to take part in the Winter Service Delivery, ensuring the highway is salted in preparation forcold/icy conditions keeping the highway safe for general users, as well as the removal of snow in suchconditions.

All works undertaken by the Winter Maintenance Operative / Driver must be completed to the requiredHealth, Safety and Quality standards.

You will be required to be available on a standby rota every other week as a minimum.

What you'll be doing

You will have the following accountabilities:

Technical / Operations

• Ensure that all Daily vehicle Checks are undertaken and reported.
• Conduct winter gritting activities against required quality standards.
• Perform driving activities to assigned Winter Maintenance Routes.
• Ensure the work is completed right first time.
• Compliance with all fleet movement procedures at the operational depot.

Service Delivery

• Contribute to the overall profitability of the services provided through effective use of resources.
• Support the delivery of winter service provision.

Compliance

• Working within a culture of Zero Harm - embedding the 4 Golden Rules within all aspects of service delivery
• Ensuring that driver hours are sufficient to negate any breaches to the EU/UK Domestic drivers hours regulations
• Report all observations - Close Calls and Good Practices
• Compliance with all statutory and company procedures across all the functions, specifically H & S
• Develop and maintain good working relationships across all teams

Customer Service

• Provide customer service in construction
• Be an ambassador for Balfour Beatty at all times

Who we're looking for

The following Qualifications are Mandatory:

• Class C Licence
• CPC
• Tacho Card

The following qualities are essential:

• Health and Safety first
• Adaptable to changing situations
• Team work
• Reliable
• Willing to learn
• Listen to and do what is required
• Pride in work
• Honest / Act with integrity
• Customer facing
• Positive Attitude
• Professional Conduct
• Willing to share knowledge
• Quality and accuracy of work
• Continually striving to improve performance
• Good Communication skills

The following is desirable but not essential as training can be provided.

• Winter Service - Units 513 and 580.

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

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]