About the role
Balfour Beatty has a fantastic opportunity for a Highway Maintenance Ganger to join our Living Places team in Lincolnshire—helping us keep communities safe, connected and moving.
As a Highway Maintenance Ganger, you'll lead a small team delivering a wide range of essential highway maintenance tasks. Every day will be different. You'll be hands‑on, problem‑solving on site and making sure work is completed safely, efficiently, and to the highest standard.
What you'll be doing
* Promote a strong Zero Harm culture and embed our 4 Golden Rules
* Lead your gang to deliver safe, high-quality, on‑time work
* Work closely with the Agent/Supervisor and ensure all briefings and permits (Site Assist) are in place
* Capture quality through BIM 360 Field on an iPad
* Read and work from technical drawings and specifications
* Engage with clients and supervisors to ensure work is delivered correctly
* Report Close Calls, Good Practices and safety observations
* Select the right work methods and use plant and materials effectively
* Organise and control materials on site
* Support emergency and winter service operations (including out‑of‑hours when required)
* Represent Balfour Beatty positively to customers and the public
Who we're looking for
Essential:
* Full UK driving licence
* Strong focus on Health & Safety
* Pride in workmanship
* Honest, reliable and committed
* Flexible approach to overtime or shift patterns
Desirable:
* EUSR Levels 2–5 (excavation)
* Confined Space Training
* Highway Maintenance, Groundworks or Construction experience
* Class 1 or 2 LGV licence
* NRSWA certification
* CSCS Highway Maintenance
* Driver CPC
* NVQ Winter Service
* Telehandler training
* Vacuum excavation experience
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…
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
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:
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:
Job Reference: BBUK15054