About The Role
As a General Operative, you will play an essential hands‑on role in delivering high‑quality highway construction and maintenance services across the Warwickshire and Solihull contract. Based in Coleshill, Warwickshire, this is a field‑based position requiring you to work across all areas of the contract.
Reporting to the Line Manager/Supervisor, you will use your practical skills and experience to carry out a wide range of highway maintenance and civils tasks safely, efficiently, and to the highest standards. You will contribute to keeping roads, footways, and highways infrastructure in excellent condition while embedding a strong culture of health, safety, quality, and customer service.
This is a physically active role involving outdoor work in all weather conditions, including participation in emergency and winter service provision. You will be part of a team that takes pride in delivering reliable public infrastructure services for Warwickshire County Council and Solihull clients.
What you’ll be doing
As a General Operative you’ll
- Carry out a broad range of highway construction and maintenance activities, including pothole and patch repairs, footway reconstruction, kerbing, block laying, slabbing, concreting, linear drainage, iron works installation/repair, fencing, and excavating holes and trenches.
- Set up and maintain Code of Practice compliant traffic management on live highways.
- Operate and use plant, tools, and equipment safely and effectively (including ride‑on rollers, dumpers, telescopic handlers, 360 excavators, etc., where trained).
- Organise materials, monitor supplies, and ensure work is completed right first time, on programme, and to the required quality standards.
- Work in line with the Zero Harm culture, strictly following health and safety procedures, the 4 Golden Rules, and reporting all close calls and good practices.
- Support emergency service provision and winter maintenance (including gritting) both in and out of normal working hours, with flexibility to meet business needs.
- Contribute to the efficient use of resources to help achieve contract budgets and overall profitability.
- Provide excellent customer service as an ambassador for the company while working on site and interacting with members of the public and stakeholders.
- Carry out all reasonable work instructions and adapt quickly to changing priorities and situations.
Who we’re looking for
We are looking for a reliable, safety‑conscious, and hardworking individual with practical experience in highways maintenance who takes pride in quality workmanship and works well as part of a team.
Essential Requirements
- Proven hands‑on experience in key highway maintenance tasks, including:
- Footway construction
- Carriageway pothole and patch repairs
- Highway civils
- Linear drainage
- Iron works
- Concreting
- Kerbing, block laying, and slabbing
- Valid UK driving licence
- Strong commitment to health and safety, with the ability to work safely at all times
- Good teamwork, communication, and customer service skills
- Physical fitness and willingness to work outdoors in all weather conditions
- Positive attitude, reliability, and a willingness to learn and share knowledge
- Pride in delivering high‑quality work and continually improving performance
Desirable Qualifications And Experience
- Class 1 or Class 2 driving licence
- NRSWA accreditation
- 12D Traffic Management (T1/T2)
- CSCS Highway Maintenance card
- CPCS / NPORS plant certifications (e.g., Ride on Roller, Dumper, Telescopic Handler, 360 Excavator)
- First Aid, Abrasive Wheels, Driver CPC, or Winter Maintenance qualifications
- Experience of gritting roads and supporting winter service
If you are a practical, safety‑focused team player who enjoys varied outdoor work and takes pride in keeping our highways safe and well‑maintained, we’d love to hear from you.
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
- 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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