About the role

Balfour Beatty is looking for a Highways Maintenance / Traffic Management Operative to join our Warwickshire contract. This is a hands‑on role where you’ll work across a variety of highway maintenance and traffic management activities, helping to keep local road networks safe and operational.

You’ll use your experience and practical skill to deliver works safely, efficiently and to a high standard, ensuring all activities meet required Health, Safety and Quality expectations.

What you'll be doing

Installing, maintaining, adjusting and removing temporary traffic management including signs, cones, barriers, stop/go boards and portable traffic signals.

Working in line with Chapter 8, NHSS 12D and site‑specific risk assessments and method statements.

Supporting lane closures, road closures, diversions and pedestrian management layouts.

Carrying out a broad range of highway maintenance works, including:

Pothole and patch repairs

Footway and carriageway construction

Kerbing, block laying and slabbing

Drainage works and ironwork installation

Bollard, fencing and small civils repairs

Using plant, tools and equipment safely and effectively.

Organising and monitoring materials and supplies on site.

Supporting emergency response works and winter service delivery (including gritting).

Working flexibly across shift patterns, including out‑of‑hours when required.

Acting as a professional ambassador for Balfour Beatty at all times.

Who we're looking for

Essential experience and skills:

Highway maintenance and civils works

Footway construction and carriageway repairs

Traffic Management (NHSS 12D)

Drainage and ironwork installation

Kerbing, block paving and slabbing

Use of plant and equipment

Manual handling

Driving and winter gritting operations

Personal qualities:

Strong focus on Health and Safety

Reliable, adaptable and willing to learn

Proud of delivering high‑quality work

Team‑focused with a positive, professional attitude

Good communication skills

Customer‑focused with high standards of conduct

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 Living Places works in long-term partnerships with local authorities to create great places to live, work and play. We actively engage with local people to understand the needs of the communities we work in and shape the places where local economies can thrive and grow. As a leader in sustainable working, diversity, and social value, we use our expertise to bring real, positive change for our customers.

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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