Highways Maintenance Operative

About the role

Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a Highways Maintenance Operative to join our UKCS Scotland team, working on our M77 contract.

In this role, you'll help maintain roads across East Renfrewshire, East Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire. You'll support the safe and reliable operation of the local road network by carrying out planned maintenance, winter operations and emergency response activities.

The role involves participating in a shift system, winter standby rota and rostered emergency response arrangements. Flexibility to work overtime and varied shift patterns will therefore be required to meet the needs of the contract.

What you'll be doing

As a Highways Maintenance Operative, your responsibilities will include:

• Delivering winter maintenance operations, including participation in the shift system and winter standby rota


• Setting up and managing traffic management arrangements


• Participating in emergency response activities on a rostered basis


• Carrying out civil maintenance works, including carriageway patching and drainage and fencing repairs


• Completing cyclical maintenance activities, such as sign cleaning, gully cleaning and grass cutting


• Working safely and following relevant health and safety procedures and standards


• Taking pride in the quality of your work and supporting the wider team in maintaining the road network

Who we're looking for

You will need:

• A valid driving licence


• A Class 1 or Class 2 LGV licence


• A safety-first approach to everything you do


• Pride in delivering work to a high standard


• An honest and dependable approach, with the ability to act with integrity


• Flexibility to work overtime, shifts and standby arrangements in line with operational requirements

Previous experience in highways maintenance, groundworks or construction would be beneficial. It would also be advantageous if you hold, or are working towards, any of the following:

• Driver CPC qualification


• NHSS 12AB traffic management accreditation or experience


• Winter maintenance experience


• NRSWA training


• CSCS Highway Maintenance certification


• NVQ in Winter Service


• CPCS Telescopic Telehandler certification


• First Aid qualification

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