About the role
Balfour Beatty are currently recruiting a Skilled Operative to join our UKCS Living Places – Balvac specialist works team, delivering critical infrastructure repairs and specialist construction solutions across the UK.
This is a site‑based role working on a variety of infrastructure schemes, supporting the safe and high‑quality delivery of Balvac specialist works. You’ll play a hands-on role within site teams, contributing to the repair, protection and strengthening of key assets while upholding Balfour Beatty’s Zero Harm commitment at all times.
What you'll be doing
As a Skilled Operative, you will have the following accountabilities:
- Undertaking Balvac specialist site works, including structural and specialist repair activities.
- Carrying out structural repair, leak sealing and sprayed concrete works in line with approved methods and specifications.
- Working to programme requirements to ensure works are delivered safely, on time and to the required quality standards.
- Following all Work Package Plans and Task Briefing Sheets, ensuring compliance with site procedures and processes.
- Promoting a strong safety culture on site and supporting behavioural safety initiatives.
- Taking responsibility for personal safety and the safety of others while working under the direction of Balvac Site Supervisors and Site Managers.
- Working collaboratively with supervisors, site teams, customers, supply chain partners and subcontractors to achieve project outcomes.
Who we're looking for
You will ideally have the following:
- Experience in structural repair and specialist repair works.
- Experience undertaking leak sealing and sprayed concrete works.
- Previous experience working on infrastructure schemes.
- A strong commitment to Zero Harm and safe working practices.
- A results‑driven mindset with pride in delivering work to a high standard of quality.
- The ability to work effectively as part of a team, supporting colleagues and building positive working relationships on site.
- A flexible, adaptable approach and willingness to learn new techniques and methods of repair.
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
Balvac is a leading specialist structural repair, strengthening and refurbishment contractor and wholly owned subsidiary of the Balfour Beatty Group. 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.
Our core business is the structural repair strengthening, protection and refurbishment of existing civil and building structure across the UK. We are active in highways, rail infrastructure, power including nuclear licensed sites and industrial facilities.
Specialist capabilities include: Concrete repair, including wet and dry spray concrete, Crack injection, Leak sealing injection, Structural strengthening including the use of FRP composite materials, Corrosion Protection and Cathodic Protection, Post tensioning to bridges, tanks and nuclear reactor vessels, Concrete carriageway rehabilitation using vacuum assisted void grouting and slab realignment techniques.
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 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.
Further information on Disability Confident can be found at: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
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Job Reference: BBUK12962
