General Operative Cijc

Job No. BBUK12892

General Operative CIJC - Cardiff & Newport

Power T&D

Operational Specialists

Cardiff & Newport

Permanent

About the role
- Balfour Beatty Power T&D is seeking a General Operative (CIJC) to join our team The reporting depot will be Cardiff Docks, covering Cardiff & Newport as part of the NGED MTC Framework.

Role Overview:
You will assist in the trenching work for LV & HV Cable Systems in the highway and substations. This role requires a strong commitment to safety and quality, working under the direction of the Area Supervisor and Project Manager.Training offered with opportunities for career growth

Key Responsibilities:
✔ Assist with the work involved of preparing trenches for LV and HV cable systems and associated works to the highest standards.
✔ Ensure compliance with Balfour Beatty and National Grid standards and manufacturer specifications.
✔ Adhere to all health & safety regulations and best practices.
✔ Work effectively as part of a team to deliver high-quality results.

This is a great opportunity to be part of a dynamic team working on essential electricity reinforcement and maintenance projects in the Cardiff & Newport area.

What you'll be doing
- o assist in the installation of HV Cable Systems, associated accessories and support steelwork
- To ensure personal safety, safety of other personnel and members of the public at all times
- Work within the guidelines of the Company Safety Policy, Quality and Security procedures
- Set personal examples in all Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental standards
- Report all accidents, dangerous occurrences and near miss incidents to his/ her superior
- Ensure all personal protective equipment is clean, serviceable and worn as required
- Ensure all carriageway and footway excavations are correctly signed guarded and lit
- Report and not operate any unsafe plant, equipment or vehicles
- Maintaining personal cleanliness and hygiene
- Immediately inform a senior person of any hazard that places personnel or public at risk
- Only authorised persons use plant and equipment
- Cleanliness / Security of all vehicles, plant and equipment
- Maintain a clean, tidy and safe site
- To ensure that all work is carried out to meet Quality requirements
- Assist the team leader at all times

Interacts with:

- Direct team members and supervisors
- Third party providers including Sub Contractors
- Northern Powergrid
- External customers

Operating Environment:

- Ensure Balfour Beatty’s Code of Conduct is thoroughly understood, adhered to and promoted across the
business to ensure safe, compliant and consistent working practices
- To operate in an open and even handed manner with all personnel across the business. Treat all who we interact with, with courtesy and respect, treating everyone equally and embracing differences. Encourage everyone to achieve maximum potential
- To proactively contribute to teamwork and cross-functional working. To listen to each other and share knowledge enabling us to willingly combine expertise across the business and with our clients and supply chain
- Behaving with integrity and demonstrating professional image at all times. To always do what is right.
- To take personal responsibility & accountability for actions, constantly striving to improve and exceed expectations ensuring safety and quality are never compromised

Who we're looking for
- Essential:

- Experience in working with manual handling/ physical environment
- General knowledge of health and safety requirements
- Experience in using hand tools correctly
- Ability to follow functional instructions in English language both spoken and written; carrying them out
reliably and efficiently
- Experience of working in a team environment
- Flexible approach to activities on site

Desirable:

- Valid U.K Clean Driving Licence
- Former construction experience with cables and tunnels
- Health and safety training including Tunnel Academy basic training (Tunnel Safety card)

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’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, na