Balfour Beatty plc
Street Lighting Operative
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About The Role
Job Title: Street Lighting Operative
Location: Swavesey
Company: Balfour Beatty
About The Role
Balfour Beatty is looking for an enthusiastic and skilled Street Lighting Operative to join our Street Lighting Operations team in Cambridgeshire. Working on our long-term 25-year PFI contract with Cambridgeshire County Council, you will play a vital role in maintaining and improving the county's street lighting infrastructure.
This is a permanent, site-based role where you'll be responsible for carrying out installation, maintenance and repair activities across a wide range of street lighting assets, helping to keep local communities safe and connected.
What you'll be doing
Key Responsibilities
- Install, repair and maintain street lighting assets including columns, lanterns, LED lantern replacements, lamps, brackets and beacons.
- Carry out maintenance and repairs to illuminated bollards, illuminated signs, feeder pillars and subway lighting.
- Install and maintain underground SWA cables.
- Undertake ground excavations and reinstatement works associated with installations.
- Complete dynamic risk assessments and work safely in accordance with company procedures.
- Take responsibility for company vehicles, equipment and property.
- Carry out painting of street furniture where required.
- Participate in an out-of-hours standby rota for emergency call-outs.
- Work independently for the majority of tasks, whilst supporting team activities when required.
Who we're looking for
Essential Requirements
- Full UK driving licence.
- Experience and competence in street lighting operations.
- Knowledge of fault finding, repair and maintenance of street lighting assets.
- Comfortable using basic IT systems and mobile tablet devices.
Qualifications & Competencies
The following are required for the role, although training may be provided where necessary:
- HEA Portfolio
- First Aid
- Manual Handling
- Current ECS Test
- CSCS/NPORS Red Card
- NRSWA
- IPAF 1b including Harness & Fall Arrest
- G39 and 214 Safe Isolation
- ESSW
- 1 (12D) Traffic Management
- 1 Abrasive Wheels
- Understanding of Sign Lighting and Guarding
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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.
Benefits
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, where roles allow
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family-friendly policies including 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
Professional and Personal Development
The size and scale of Balfour Beatty, coupled with our strong pipeline of work, provides incredible opportunities, regardless of what stage you are at in your career.
We encourage and empower our employees to take control of their careers and explore which part of the business they want to work in and what role is right for them. We actively encourage our managers and employees to have open communication throughout the year about wellbeing, development and career opportunities.
We're proud of the Balfour Beatty Academy. Whether it's sharpening your technical expertise, improving your personal skills or seeking support to become professionally qualified, our 70:20:10 approach to development means we have a learning approach that suits everyone.
For further information about Balfour Beatty, please visit www.balfourbeatty.com/careers.
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.
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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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