Electrical Operative

**About the role**
Balfour Beatty have a **_fantastic & exciting opportunity_**_ _for a Highway Electrician BBLP street lighting role to join **UKCS Balfour Beatty Living Places team covering the **North East Region.

Working for local authorities, **Balfour Beatty Living Places provide highways maintenance, street lighting and public realm services.**

We improve every day through engaging with our customers, investing in our people and using the latest technology to create positive, more efficient long-term outcomes - ultimately creating communities where people want to live work and play.

Our solutions include consultancy, finance, design and maintenance of the entire streetscape. We’re shaping places, creating economic growth and meeting the needs of an ever-changing society.

**What you'll be doing**
Our role purpose is to Repair, maintenance, replacement, and installation of all associated illuminated street furniture which includes but not restricted to lighting columns, traffic signs, bollards and feeder pillars. Carrying out various tasks within the titled role ensuring that all H&S & Quality objectives and responsibilities are adhered.

Some other key areas will include:
- Diagnose and repair faults on all types of highways illuminated street furniture as required.
- Carry out Street Lighting Electricity at Work Testing Programme, which involves performing
underground and above ground cable tests, in-line with laid down standards and good
industry practice.
- Erect and maintain all street lighting apparatus in accordance with Industry Standards and the legal requirements of the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 and the IEE Wiring Regulations 18th Edition.
- Complete comprehensive test and Inspection Certificates to the Balfour Beatty Test
- The electrician will be responsible for the operation of a small stock on the vehicle of lamps,
tubes, photo electric cells, cut-outs, ignitors, capacitors etc.
- Capable by means of training and accreditation to remove DNO fuse carrier from street lighting installation.
- Locate fault, by use of specialist equipment, on underground cable network, excavate and repair cable.
- Drive and operate tower vehicle working within the safe operating limits of the mechanical boom.
- Tasks could include tree pruning or making safe roofing or other parts of buildings.
- All electricians are to be contactable by mobile telephone for emergency works such as road
accidents, lamp knockdowns, live cables, etc.
- Erect and dismantle festive decorations, festoon lighting and external trees.
Maintain high-mast lighting installations.
- Install and remove insulated shrouding to the REC overhead network, as and when required.

**Who we're looking for** A Full clean driving Licence (together with valid CPC if licenced for over 3.5t ) Street Lighting experience & and the ability to be able to work at various height levels is essential for this position.**

**You will probably have the following: -**
- GCSE, or equivalent, in Maths and English.
- NRSWA 5day Operative Level
- IEE Wiring Regulations BS7671
- CITB - SSSTS Health & Safety Certificate
- City and Guilds Level 2 or 3 Electrical qualification or equivalent
- 1 Traffic qualification / Relevant Card
- LV Authorised Person Card
- IPAF 1b
- 805-CDM
- 1st Aid
- Manual Handling
- G39/1
- Fork Lift
- Fire Safety

**Why work for us**
Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.

**About us**
The way we live our lives is changing fast: where and how we live, work, travel, shop, relax and socialise. The evolving nature of our society means we all need to shape our environment to meet a complex array of individual and collective needs.

Living Places works in partnership with Local Authorities to consult, finance, design, build and manage the essential place infrastructure that local communities and national economies need to prosper and grow.

We are right at the heart of a dynamic place shaping agenda that brings Local Authorities, local communities, Central Government, and the Private Sector together to create safe, sustainable, flexible and dynamic public spaces geared to community social need, economic growth and personal well-being as well as being environmentally sustainable.

The provision of maintenance services for highways is only a small part of what is really needed. Our focus has moved beyond the road to deliver the potential of the street: a dynamic public place that connects and combines local community and business needs, encourages social interaction and helps pedestrians, motorists, bus riders, and cyclists to coexist safely. Building great public spaces with resource efficient assets enables functional, flexible and inspirational places to be at the heart of the community.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with p