Street Lighting Operative

About The Role

Job Title
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Street Lighting Operative

Location
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This is a site-based role covering all of Northamptonshire County.

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 Living Places 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.

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.

• Installing, repairing and maintaining a wide range of street lighting and illuminated assets, including columns, lanterns, LED lantern replacements, lamps, brackets, beacons, underground SWA cables, illuminated bollards, illuminated signs, feeder pillars and subway lights
• Working predominantly in a team environment, taking responsibility for your own jobs and safety, while occasionally working alone.
• Carrying out full LED lantern replacement programmes to upgrade outdated lighting to modern, energy‑efficient units
• Performing ground excavations and proper reinstatement following installation or repair work
• Painting and maintaining various items of street furniture to a high standard
• Conducting dynamic risk assessments before and during every job to ensure safe working practices
• Taking full responsibility for company vehicles, tools, equipment and property
• Participating in the stand‑by rota to provide essential out‑of‑hours emergency call‑out cover, helping keep Northamptonshire safe 24/7

• A full clean UK driving licence — you'll be travelling to various sites across the county.
• Proven competence in street lighting operations, with hands‑on experience in fault‑finding, repairs, and routine maintenance of street lighting systems.
• Comfortable using basic IT tools — we'll provide a tablet device for recording site works, job updates, and reporting.

We value candidates who already hold some or all of the following industry‑recognised qualifications and certifications. Where gaps exist, full training and support will be provided to help you achieve them:

• HEA Portfolio (demonstrating competence in highway electrical works)
• First Aid certification
• Manual Handling training
• Current ECS test (Electrotechnical Certification Scheme)
• CSCS/NPORS red card (or equivalent plant/equipment operator card)
• NRSWA (New Roads and Street Works Act qualification — essential for safe signing, lighting, and guarding on highways)
• IPAF 1b (plus Harness & Fall Arrest training — for working safely at height using mobile elevating work platforms, common in column access)
• G39 (Working in the Vicinity of DNO Equipment) + 214 Safe
• Isolation procedures
• ESSW (Essential Skills for Safe Working, or equivalent health & safety qualification)
• 302.1 (12D) Traffic Management
• 204.1 Abrasive Wheels (safe use of cutting/grinding equipment)
• A solid understanding of signing, lighting & guarding procedures for safe roadworks

• Electrical testing qualification or relevant experience (e.g., using testing equipment for fault diagnosis and verification).

• 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)
• Famil…