Maintenance Operative

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., Own your career, and you can build something to be proud of at Balfour Beatty. By joining our Living Places team in Solihull as a Maintenance Operative on the HMC16 Contract, you'll work with true experts who'll share their knowledge and provide support, encouragement and invaluable feedback so you never stop learning. Bring us your capability, and we'll help you take it much, much further. What you'll be doing Responsible for carrying out broad range of Highways Construction tasks, ranging from potholes and patch repairs, footway reconstruction, bollard repairs and installations, fencing, strimming, laying drainage and pavements, placing street iron works and excavating holes and trenches. All to a high standard, safely and at a commercial pace.

• Conduct operational activities against required quality standards.
• Undertake required work progress against agreed programmes
• Select and undertake appropriate work methods to ensure the work is completely right first time.
• Utilise the effective deployment and use plant, equipment or machinery.
• Organise, control and monitor supplies of materials
• Evaluate job information/solutions and recommend improvements.
Who we're looking for
• Health and safety first
• Adaptable to changing situations
• Team work
• Willing to share knowledge
• Driving Licence
• Footway Construction
• Haunching
• Surfacing
• Civils
• Finishing
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…

Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

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, 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.