Balfour Beatty

About the role

We are looking for a Highways Maintenance Operative to join our Operation and Maintenance team on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR). Based at our Craibstone depot in Aberdeen, you’ll play a key role in maintaining and operating the road network to ensure it remains safe, compliant and well‑maintained for all road users.

This is a hands‑on, site‑based role involving a wide range of highway maintenance activities, emergency response and winter service operations. Safety is at the heart of everything you’ll do, and you’ll work as part of a supportive, experienced team delivering a critical infrastructure service.

What you'll be doing

• Carrying out routine and cyclic highway maintenance activities such as pothole repairs, minor civil works, drainage maintenance, verge works, grass cutting and repairs to signs, barriers and fencing
• Installing, maintaining and removing traffic management in line with approved standards (where trained and authorised)
• Operating vehicles, plant and equipment safely and competently, completing daily checks and reporting defects
• Taking part in winter service operations including salting, snow clearance, winter patrols and emergency call‑outs
• Responding effectively to incidents, emergencies and adverse weather events on the network
• Working in full compliance with health, safety and environmental requirements, attending safety briefings and reporting hazards or near misses
• Completing timesheets, defect reports and other operational records accurately
• Acting professionally when dealing with members of the public, road users, clients and emergency services

Who we're looking for

• A safety‑focused individual with a strong awareness of health and safety in a safety‑critical environment
• Someone comfortable working outdoors in all weather conditions and undertaking physical work
• A flexible team player, willing to work shifts, nights, weekends and take part in standby and emergency call‑out rotas
• Reliable, punctual and self‑motivated, with a professional approach to representing the organisation
• Good communication skills and the ability to work effectively as part of a team

Desirable experience and qualifications include:

• Experience in highways maintenance, construction or a similar operational role
• Full UK driving licence (HGV/LGV Class 2 desirable depending on role)
• Traffic Management qualifications
• Winter maintenance experience
• First Aid certification
• Plant or equipment competencies (e.g. CPCS or NPORS)
• Driver CPC where HGV driving is required

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 www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

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: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com

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