Winter Maintenance Seasonal Driver

About the role

Job Title
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Winter Maintenance Seasonal Driver

Location
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Boston, Lincolnshire

Project Type
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Living Places - Lincolnshire

Company
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Balfour Beatty Group

Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure and construction group. We finance, develop, build, and maintain innovative and efficient projects that underpin daily life, supports communities, and enables economic growth. Our unparalleled expertise and resources ensure that we deliver high‑quality projects safely, on time, and within budget.

Now is a great time to join us. As a leading international construction group with a healthy pipeline of work, we're growing our teams. Shape a career to be proud of as part of an award‑winning team.

Own your career, and you can build something to be proud of at Balfour Beatty. By joining our well‑established construction teams working on our significant future pipeline of our projects, you will work with true experts who will share their knowledge and provide support, encouragement, and invaluable feedback so you never stop learning.

Bring us your capability, and we'll help you take it much, much further.

As a Winter Maintenance Seasonal Driver you will have the following accountabilities:

• Play a key role in our Winter Service Delivery by carrying out precautionary salting of highways ahead of frost and ice, and removing snow when required to keep roads safe and open for all users
• Operate gritter vehicles and associated plant on pre‑determined winter maintenance routes across the network
• Complete all assigned gritting and snow‑clearance runs to the required quality standards, ensuring work is done right first time
• Perform thorough daily vehicle checks before and after shifts, accurately recording and reporting any defects
• Be available for winter duties on a standby rota (minimum every other week), including nights, weekends and bank holidays as required
• Strictly adhere to EU/UK Drivers' Hours and Working Time regulations, ensuring you always have sufficient hours available and never risk a breach
• Report all Close Calls, incidents, near‑misses and examples of Good Practice through the correct channels
• Follow all depot‑based fleet movement and operational procedures
• Use fuel, salt and other resources efficiently to help maintain service profitability
• Build positive working relationships with colleagues, supervisors and other teams to support smooth winter service delivery
• Comply fully with all statutory requirements, company policies and procedures, particularly those relating to health & safety and quality

• Holds a full, clean Class C Licence
• Current Driver CPC qualification
• Valid Digital Tachograph Card

We’re seeking individuals with the right attitude and behaviours who can demonstrate:

• A strong Health & Safety‑first mindset
• Excellent reliability – you show up when needed, especially during unsocial hours and severe weather
• A positive, can‑do attitude and professional conduct at all times
• Strong teamwork and the ability to work effectively with colleagues and supervisors
• Good communication skills and a confident, polite customer‑facing manner
• Honesty, integrity, and genuine pride in your work
• Willingness to listen, follow instructions, and carry out tasks accurately
• Adaptability – able to respond quickly to changing weather conditions, routes, and priorities
• A desire to continually learn and improve performance
• Happy to share knowledge and help develop others in the team
• Focus on quality and accuracy in everything you do

• Previous Winter Service experience with City & Guilds 6159 Units 513 (ploughing) and 580 (salting/spreading)

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.

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…