Highway Maintenance Operative

About the role

Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a Highways Maintenance Operative to join our UKCS Scotland team, based in Dalston, Carlisle.

You will help maintain and improve the local highway network by completing a range of highway repairs, minor civil engineering works and drainage activities. You will also support winter maintenance and emergency response operations, helping to keep the network safe and operational throughout the year.

This is a practical, outdoor role requiring a strong commitment to health and safety, teamwork and delivering a respectful service to the public.

What you'll be doing

As a Highways Maintenance Operative, your responsibilities will include:

• Completing highway repairs and general maintenance activities


• Carrying out minor civil engineering works, including kerbing and drainage installation


• Cleansing and jetting highway drainage systems and road gullies


• Supporting winter maintenance operations by driving an HGV gritter during the winter months


• Installing and maintaining traffic management systems


• Supporting the emergency response team when required


• Completing point-of-work risk assessments for all activities


• Following all health and safety policies and procedures


• Reporting defects involving plant, equipment or damaged highway infrastructure


• Completing and submitting the required operational paperwork


• Contributing ideas, feedback and best practice to support continuous improvement


• Participating in performance and personal development reviews


• Treating members of the public respectfully and professionally at all times

Who we're looking for

The successful candidate will have:

• A valid HGV Category C licence, also known as Class 2


• A valid Driver Certificate of Professional Competence


• Previous experience working within a highway maintenance environment


• The ability to work effectively as part of a team


• Flexibility to work outside normal hours and participate in paid standby arrangements when required

The following qualifications or competencies would be advantageous:

• Telehandler qualification


• Tracked excavator below 5 tonnes or JCB 3CX qualification


• Traffic Management Sector Scheme 12D T1/T2 training


• Manual handling competency

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

From Dunfermline's tramways in 1909 to highland hospitals today, Balfour Beatty has been trusted for over a century to deliver the complex and critical infrastructure and iconic buildings Scotland relies on.

We have the people, knowledge and experience to safely deliver projects right first time, maximising value for money and ensuring a positive social impact and inclusive economic growth for local communities.

Our award-winning sustainable projects, including active travel, Passivhaus and retrofit, demonstrate our commitment to supporting Scotland's transition towards net zero in the built environment.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty, we want everyone to be able to thrive and achieve their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. We're making great progress through our Value Everyone DEI Action Plan, but we know we've got more to do. Find out more about our values and DEI initiatives.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We are committed to our processes being barrier-free and will support adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Please let the recruiter for this role know if you require any adjustments.

We're looking to continually improve our recruitment process, so if you have any feedback, please share this with us via candidaterecruitmentenquiries@balfourbeatty.com