Highway Maintenance Operative

6 months ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom Balfour Beatty Full time

**About the role**
Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a **General Operative** to join our Living Places business unit to work in **Warwickshire**.

**The role purpose**:

- Requirement to work within the revenue team on the HMC16 contract supporting the completion of reactive, emergency and winter maintenance operational activities;
- Utilise knowledge and experience to ensure that depots are maintained in accordance with good Health, Safety and Quality standards;
- Responsible for all aspects of depot maintenance, stores procurement, management and storage including stock rotation, waste management and updating databases.

**What you'll be doing**
- Work within a culture of Zero Harm - embedding the 4 Golden Rules within all aspects of service delivery;
- Report all observations - Close Calls and Good Practices;
- Comply with all statutory and company procedures across all the functions, specifically H & S;
- Develop and maintain good working relationships across all teams;
- Carry out a broad range of Highway maintenance activities - safety, efficiently and to a high standard;
- Ensure that Gritting Routes are completed within timescales;
- Utilise the effective deployment and use of plant, equipment or machinery;
- Support the emergency service provision - in and out of hours;
- Support the delivery of winter service provision;
- Contribute to the overall profitability of the services providing through effective use of resources.

**Who we're looking for** We're looking for the following qualities**:

- Adaptable to changing situations;
- Listen to and do what is required;
- Customer facing;
- Positive Attitude;
- Professional Conduct;
- Quality and accuracy of work;
- Continually striving to improve performance;
- Good Communication skills.

**The following experience is essential**:

- Previous Highway Maintenance experience;
- Driving Licence;
- CSCS card;
- IT Literacy.

**It's desirable to have the following qualifications**:

- C&G Winter Maintenance (BB will arrange if required);
- Class C Licence;
- CPC;
- NRSWA;
- Telehandler;
- First Aid.

**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**

Job Reference: BBUK07595



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