About the role
Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a HIGHWAYS MAINTENANCE OPERATIVE to join our Regional team to work in Aberdeen.
What you'll be doing
You will have the following responsibilities:
- Reporting to the Operations Manager for all duties
- Attendance at and participation in daily and weekly safety briefings as required
- The safe operation and routine maintenance of vehicles, plant and equipment required during the normal duties being undertaken
- Undertake daily and pre-use inspection of all vehicles, plant and equipment to be operated, record and report to the Operations Manager all defects found
- Undertake all aspects of highway maintenance works including routine and cyclic maintenance activities, minor civil works, litter picking, patch repairs/potholes and other such activities as directed by the Operations Manager
- Perform all duties in a manner which safeguards the health, safety and welfare of self and anyone else affected by the work being undertaken and which complies with all legislative and company procedural requirements
- Stop work and report to the Operations Manager any instances where anything affects or has the potential to affect the health, safety or welfare of self and anyone else affected by the work being undertaken
- Report immediately to the Operations Manager any accidents, incidents, near misses or other unplanned events
- Undertake Winter Service operations consisting of precautionary salts, patrolling and snow clearance on a planned and out of hours reactive call out basis
- Participation on the Winter Service and Emergency Call Out rotas
- Complete and maintain drivers’ hour’s record books and Operative allocation sheets on a daily basis and submit these to the Operations Manager weekly
- Report immediately to the Operations Manager any contact or complaints from members of the public, road users, the client team, emergency services or any other third party.
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.
About us
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.
Job Reference: BBUK04512