Highways Maintenance Operative

Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a Highways Maintenance Operative to join our Living Places business unit to work in Clapham, Worthing.

Role Purpose

To work flexibly as part of a team carrying out maintenance and construction work across the West Sussex Highways Term Maintenance Contract. These duties must be performed in line with our clients ethos and expectations. All work must be completed in accordance with the contracts specification, current H&S, environmental legislation and Balfour Beatty Code of Conduct with the aim of ensuring our Clients Roads, Footways, Road Gullies, Pedestrian areas and cycle paths are in good repair.

What you'll be doing

Working as part of a team you will be involved in a range of outdoor duties which will include:

• Reactive Maintenance.
• Traffic and Pedestrian Management
• Winter maintenance including salt spreading and snow clearance.
• Participate in the standby rota for Winter Maintenance and Highways Call-Out Service.
• Emergency response to highway defects / incidents.
• Pothole repairs.
• Carriageway Patching and ironwork.
• Kerb, flag, edgings and sett repairs.
• Gully & Manhole repairs
• Carriageway and Footway Patching
• Minor Highways Construction Work.

The following qualities/experience are essential:

• Have a positive attitude and be able to communicate with the general public and the Client.
• Prepared to work flexible hours, evenings and possibly weekends and Bank Holidays.
• Work outside in all conditions.
• Demonstrate the ability to work as part of a team.
• Basic literacy and numeracy.
• Have the ability to learn new skills.
• Ensure Safe Working practice is adopted at all times.
• Must be able to demonstrate a genuine interest in practical outdoor work.
• LGV Category C driving license
• CPC
• CSCS
• NRSWA units 1-9
• A person whos attitudes, conduct and demeanour reflects the BB values and who is able to effectively represent the company

The following qualities/experience are desirable:

• Previous experience in Highway Maintenance
• NHSS 12D Registered traffic management operative card M1,M2,M5.
• SSSTSNVQ 6159 Winter Maintenance

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.

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.

Wherever investment in these environments is needed, 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.

We value diversity and celebrate individual differences, believing that our inclusive culture helps the business continue to grow as a strong, dynamic and innovative organisation.

Balfour Beatty is a corporate signatory to WISE (Women in Science & Engineering). Our aim is to attract more people from diverse backgrounds to help us build on our inclusive culture. We are a member of the workingmums.co.uk Top Employers' Charter through which we demonstrate our commitment to enabling parents to progress and enhance their careers whilst managing the challenges of family life.

Balfour Beatty is also Gold Award holders in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.