General Operative, Engineering

General Operative – Substations (Power T&D)

Location: Woolavington

Business Unit: Balfour Beatty Power Transmission & Distribution

Employment Type: Full‑time

Balfour Beatty Power Transmission & Distribution (PT&D) is looking for a proactive and committed General Operative – Substations to join our team in Woolavington
. This is an excellent opportunity to support major infrastructure projects that build and maintain the UK’s high‑voltage overhead transmission networks.

As a General Operative, you will play a key role in ensuring the smooth and efficient running of our Project Stores and associated Yard. You will support the Stores Person and HGV Drivers in the handling, issuing, and receiving of a wide range of materials and equipment vital to our high‑voltage transmission line projects.

• Assist the HGV driver with all duties
• Assist the Stores Person with all duties
• Coordinate plant & stock ensuring all administration procedures are followed and ensuring accurate stock management
• Liaise with operational staff to ensure materials required for site are arranged and accessible in line with operational needs
• Unload & load delivery vehicles
• Check deliveries against advice notes and for quality, quantities & damage
• Hire, accept and off‑hire plant and equipment
• Manage the calibration of tools & equipment (including lifting)
• Secure the yard ensuring access is only permitted to authorised personnel
• Ensure yard(s) and store are always tidy
• Take reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and of others who may be affected by your actions or omissions whilst at work
• Cooperate with BB in all matters pertaining to Health and Safety to enable the Company to carry out and enhance its legal duties and requirements
• Do not recklessly interfere with or misuse anything provided in the interests of health, safety and welfare
• Bring to the attention of your manager any perceived shortcomings in health and safety arrangements or situations that you consider to be serious or imminent danger to yourself or others
• Do not undertake any safety critical work activity or activity for which a specific competence is required unless you have received the necessary training/instruction and/or assessment and hold the appropriate Certificate of Competence/Authority to Work. Do not instruct others to undertake such work if they do not hold the appropriate Certificate of Competence/Authority to Work

• Full clean driving licence
• Ability to work in a team
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Able to undertake work in high pressure situations

• Experience of working on a variety of construction project types
• Knowledge of the Power industry (an advantage)
• Valid Telehandler licence (advantage)
• OHL Authorisations (advantage)
• Emergency First Aid at Work

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.

• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies: 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on‑going maintenance, our in‑house experts, flexible resources and industry‑leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

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