Street Lighting Electrician
| Posting date: | 02 July 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 August 2025 |
| Location: | Eastbourne, BN85ER |
| Company: | Balfour Beatty Plc |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | BBUK14229-524211 |
Summary
About the role
Amazing infrastructure isn’t the only thing that gets built here. Incredible careers do too. Join our Living Places team as a Street Lighting Electrician in East Sussex and you can build something to be proud of.
Role Purpose:
- To work on an existing Highway Maintenance Contract.
- To Install Electrical equipment on the Highway network including Streetlighting columns and illuminated signage. Attended and make safe Electrical emergency on the network including out of hours rota.
What you'll be doing
Your accountabilities will include:
- Undertake routine maintenance of Lighting Columns, brackets, Lanterns, bollards and signs
- Undertake reactive maintenance including fault finding and repair
- Carry out electrical safety inspections
- Complete and sign off electrical test sheets following installations
- Management of on site point of work risk assessments
- Identify and report safety observations
- Responsible for site traffic management / Pedestrian Management
Who we're looking for
Essential:
- Experience of a similar role
- The ability to communicate with all levels, from senior management to operational staff
- Ability to identify problems and resolve promptly and efficient.
- IPAF 1b + Harness and Fall Arrest training;
- ECS Card to relevant level
- Emergency First Aid (1 Day)training;
- G39 + 214 Safe Isolation;
- HEA card
Desirable:
- Holder of SMSTS or other Health and Safety related qualification
- 302.1 (12D) Traffic Management;
- Manual Handling training;
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 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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