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 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

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). 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. For more info, visit

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