Level 1 ISU Operative - M25, London

At Balfour Beatty Highways, we are committed to maintaining, managing, and operating major highway networks across the UK, supporting local authorities in creating vibrant communities where people want to live, work, and play.

We pride ourselves on delivering high-quality asset strategy, management, and planning consultancy services to both public and private sector clients. Our team provides specialist, reliable, sustainable, and creative advice for asset management planning and implementation. With a focus on putting customers first, we consistently prioritise completing schemes safely, efficiently, and to the highest standards., As a Maintenance Operative, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring the efficient service delivery of the M25 DBFO Network. From hazard clearance to network maintenance, your work will be instrumental in keeping one of the UK’s busiest highways running smoothly.

What you’ll be doing

• Provide the initial response and arrange specialist advice at the scene of road

related incidents, hazards and collisions acting in bronze incident command capacity and work safely in accordance with agreed CPS policies, method

statements and risk assessments to facilitate the prompt clear up of

hazard/incident.

• Attend incidents and provide the initial response and arrange specialist advice at

the scene of road related incidents, hazards and collisions acting in bronze incident command capacity.

• Undertake activities, as instructed, with capabilities to ensure that your area of responsibility is maintained. This will include but not exclusive to:

• cyclical maintenance,

• carriageway repairs,

• soft estate maintenance (e.g., grassland maintenance)

• Street Cleansing, litter picking,

• sign maintenance.

• cleansing

• safety fence repairs

• boundary fence repairs

• civil engineering or building tasks of minor remedial nature (e.g. headwall

repair)

• any other duties allocated by Line Managers.

• Implement Traffic Management in line with CPS policies, method statements, risk assessments and industry standards.

• Provide accurate and legible written and verbal communication in the form of reports and records as required.

• Use mobile communication/data devices to accurately input data for record purposes to form reports and business records as required.

• Undertake routine vehicle checks and maintain accurate and up to date driving records in line with legislation in accordance with CPS procedures and legislation.

• Taking due care of any CPS property including but not limited to tablets, vehicles, and radios.

• Raise awareness of issues which may affect the safe operation of the network and report these as observed.

• Check that Traffic Management signs, equipment and materials are carried on vehicles in line with current Maintenance checklist and are in working order, restock and record and report defects as appropriate.

• Participate in Winter Service rota as required.

• Attend training courses as required and maintain competencies.

• Live the Connect Plus Services Values.

• Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm.

• Support the delivery of CSUK’s Sustainability activities., * UK Driving Licence, minimum category CE (LGV Class 1)

• Driver Qualification Card

• 12AB For Static Temporary Traffic Management on High-Speed Roads and All-Purpose Trunk Road (APTR) network

• FISS card

• Level 2 NVQ Certificate in Highways Maintenance

• Traffic Management Foreman (TMF) qualification/Lead Traffic Management Operative (LTMO)

• NHSS Sector 2 A/B Fencing qualification – Lead Installer Status (to be appointed by the CPS).

• ROLO Sector Scheme 18

• NHSS12A/B 1 Day qualification

Working Arrangements ISU Operative (shift work, need for travel etc)

• Expected to work on a 4-on, 4-off shift pattern, that rotating equally between 4 day shifts and 4 night shifts.

• Shift start times vary according to the scheduled roster as follows: Day shifts are from 06:00 to 18:00 and 07:00 to 19:00. Night shifts are from 18:00 to 06:00 and 19:00 to 07:00, each including two 30-minute breaks.

• Reasonable level of travel around M25 network and between depots

• Travel to meetings, training and works sites outside normal operational area

• Expected to participate in out of hours call out rotas e.g. Winter Maintenance

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.

Why join us?

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, 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…

Qualifications (Essential)

• UK Driving Licence, minimum category C (LGV Class 2)

• CSCS Operative Card, Disability Confident

About Disability Confident

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.