General Operative (Structures)

About the role

As a key member of our team, you will ensure the structural integrity and safety of the DBFO Network. Your role involves routine inspections and maintenance of bridges and small structures, working in collaboration with internal teams and external partners throughout the network.

Our Balfour Beatty Highways business has a terrific opportunity for a General Operative (Structures) as part of the Connect Plus Services (CPS) team based at Leatherhead.

What you’ll be doing

• Routine inspections of small structures throughout the network
• Routine maintenance of any inspected structures that do not require routine planning use of small plant machinery which you will be trained in
• Responsible for soft estate maintenance including strimming and hedge cutting.
• You are also required to work at heights for some routine inspections.
• Data capture and input into our internal systems
• Work towards a planned activity schedule and be accountable to ensure that this is kept on track.
• Diligent recordkeeping on any work attended and allocated.

Working arrangements:

Our teams work a variety of shifts, and this role will require you to work a mixture of day and night shifts to meet the needs of the project. Flexibility is required but we will ensure that you are supported and receive any time off needed to manage fatigue.

Who we’re looking for

• Technical Proficiency: Utilise advanced IT skills to manage and update systems, ensuring accuracy and reliability in digital operations.
• Professional Integrity: Uphold a strong work ethic, consistently delivering quality work and demonstrating commitment to the teams objectives.
• Certification: Must be a holder of a valid CSCS Card.
• Small Works Proficiency: Demonstrated experience in managing and executing small-scale projects.
• Working at Heights: Familiarity with MEWPS and the use of gantry access ladders, with a focus on safety and efficiency.
• Schedule Flexibility: Adapt to flexible working hours, including the availability for night shifts, to meet the evolving needs of the project.
• Equipment Operation: Skilfully operate small plant machinery, contributing to the teams operational efficiency while adhering to safety standards

Why work for us

CPS is a Joint Venture project with Balfour Beatty, AtkinsRealis, and Egis. We operate and maintain the M25. The M25 is the busiest section of motorway in Europe and requires careful and efficient planning of work in order to deliver over 100m of annual investment in the highway infrastructure each year, in addition to planned and reactive maintenance activity.

If you have or are looking for a career in Highways, working on the M25 will give you experience and challenge that no other Highways project can offer.

About us

At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business.

To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion.

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

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Further information on Disability Confident can be found at: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/