About the role
Are you ready to power up your career with one of the UK’s leading infrastructure companies?
Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution (PT&D) business is growing, and we’re looking for a motivated and dependable General Operative to join our team. This is a fantastic opportunity to support the successful delivery of critical national infrastructure while developing your skills and growing within a dynamic organisation.
As a General Operative, you will play a vital role in ensuring the efficient running of our Project Stores and Yard. Supporting the Project Stores Person and HGV Drivers, you will assist in the issue and receipt of a wide range of materials and equipment required for building and maintaining high voltage overhead transmission lines across the UK.
This role will be based between on an overhead line projects along the North East Coast of Scotland, so flexibility to work across sites is essential.
What you'll be doing
- Assist the HGV driver with all duties
- The Stores Person of all duties.
- The co-ordination of plant & stock ensuring all administration procedures are
followed and ensuring accurate stock management.
- Liaise with operational Staff to ensure materials required for site are arranged
and accessible in line with operational needs.
- Unloading & loading of delivery vehicles.
- Check deliveries against advice notes and for quality, quantities & damage.
- Hiring, acceptance and off hiring of plant and equipment.
- Management of the calibration of tools & equipment (inc Lifting)
- Security of yard ensuring access is only permitted to authorised personnel.
- Ensuring yard(s) and store is always tidy.
- Take reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and of others who may be affected by your actions or omissions whilst at work.
- Cooperate with BB in all matters pertaining to Health and Safety to enable the Company to carry out and enhance its legal duties and requirements.
- Do not recklessly interfere with or misuse anything provided in the interests of health, safety and welfare.
- Bring to the attention of your manager any perceived shortcomings in health and safety arrangements or situations that you consider to be serious or imminent danger to yourself or others.
- Do not undertake any safety critical work activity or activity for which a specific competence is required unless you have received the necessary training/instruction and/or assessment and hold the appropriate Certificate of Competence/Authority to Work. Do not instruct others to undertake such work if they do not hold the appropriate Certificate of Competence/Authority to Work.
Who we're looking for
The following qualities/experience are essential:
- Full clean driving licence
- Ability to work in a team
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Able to undertake work in high pressure situations
The following qualities/experience are desirable:
- Experience of working on a variety of construction project types.
- Knowledge of the Power industry (is an advantage)
- Valid Telehandler licence (will be an advantage)
- OHL Authorisations (will be an advantage)
- Emergency First Aid at Work
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
Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.
From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.
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: [email protected]
Job Reference: BBUK19902
