Skilled Operative- Balvac Wide

About The Role

Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a Skilled Operative to join our Balvac team working on projects across the UK.

As a Skilled Operative, you will have the following accountabilities:

• Ensure the works are carried out in the most efficient and safe manner
• Demonstrate positive attitude and behaviour towards safety and others
• Report all near misses, hazards or observations via the hotline and to the Supervisor
• Follow company/manufacturers procedures to ensure standards are met
• Notify the Supervisor or Chargehand of any matters that affect the progress of works (including breakdowns & damages, etc.)
• Ensure maintenance/inspection checks are carried out, reports are correctly completed on time and submitted
• Ensure relevant task briefings have been carried out prior to tasks undertaken
• Make sure the quality and quantity of work produced is at required levels

• Good communication skills (to all levels including Supervisors)
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Proactively challenge and be challenged where appropriate
• Knowledge of using and clear understanding of work package plans, method statements, procedures, risk assessments and site specific rules (including lift plans)
• HSE CSCS card
• Multi‑skilled (for example Traffic Marshall, Manual Handling, etc.)
• Qualified Industrial/Counterbalance and Telehandler operative

Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.

Balfour Beatty is committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. 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, and we offer applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.