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About The Role
Help Keep East Sussex Moving Safely This Winter
Are you looking for flexible, seasonal work where you can make a real difference? Join Balfour Beatty as a
About The Role
Help Keep East Sussex Moving Safely This Winter
Are you looking for flexible, seasonal work where you can make a real difference? Join Balfour Beatty as a Winter Maintenance Driver and play a vital role in keeping roads safe and accessible during the colder months.
This is a zero-hour contract running from 1st October to 30th April, ideal for those seeking flexibility. You’ll be placed on a standby rota every other week, responding to weather conditions and ensuring roads are gritted and cleared of snow when needed.
What you'll be doing
* Carry out winter gritting and snow clearance across designated routes.
* Perform daily vehicle checks and ensure vehicles are refuelled and ready.
* Follow fleet movement procedures and maintain high safety standards.
* Deliver excellent customer service and represent Balfour Beatty professionally.
* Report close calls, good practices, and ensure compliance with driver regulations.
Who we're looking for
Essential Qualities
* Safety-first mindset
* Adaptable and reliable
* Team player with a positive attitude
* Good communication skills
* Professional and customer-focused
Mandatory Qualifications
* Full clean driving licence
* Class C Licence
* CPC (Driver Certificate of Professional Competence)
Desirable (Training Provided)
* Winter Service Units 613 & 680
* Tacho Card (can be applied for post-employment)
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?
Benefits
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…
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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