OTM Driver Operator - Midlands

Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a OTM Driver Operator to join our Rail team to work inDerby, Midlands

Role Purpose:

• Drive and Operate OTMs safely & to be professional, competent & compliant in all aspects of your duties. To be competent in basic maintenance, repairs & fault finding to OTMs.

As a OTM Driver Operatoryou will:

• Work as part of the Stone Blower Team to provide a safe and professional service to the customer;
• Undertake any necessary working and transit shifts of the Stoneblower On Track Machine;
• Consistently work to the plan;
• Undertake training as required to retain and obtain required competency levels to drive and operate Stone Blowers up to safety critical level;
• Report any problems or safety issues to the Regional Operations Manager and the engineering team;
• Comply with the provided Safe System of Work;
• To comply with all company policies and procedures including Health, Safety, Quality & Environmental;
• Be prepared to work unsociable hours (nights, weekends, bank holidays, Christmas and New Year) and lodge when workload requires;
• Be adaptable and flexible in approach to workload demand as required by customer’s workload.

Personal Qualities and Experience:

• Personal Track Safety;
• Psychometric Testing;
• Driving Licence;
• European Train Drivers Licence;
• Route knowledge;
• Rules and Regulations;
• Excellent communication and people skills;
• Basic IT skills;
• An ability to apply and champion the company’s Health & Safety policy;
• Personable with the ability to develop effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders;
• Proactive;
• Good communicator;
• Self-motivated and ability to work without supervision and on own initiative;
• Diplomatic;
• Ability to prioritise and manage time effectively;
• Adheres to deadlines;
• Customer care;
• Attention to detail;
• Teamwork;
• Self-improvement and positive attitude to work tasks and requirements.

Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.

Balfour Beatty Rail Limited is an international leader in rail infrastructure engineering projects and the UK’s largest rail engineering and services provider. We offer a full range of rail infrastructure activities from high-speed rail to mass rapid transit, covering urban, rural and commuter routes, for both public and private railways.

For an example of the exciting work our rail teams undertake click here:

https://youtu.be/iGz4vrhopUY

At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. 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.

Further information on Disability Confident can be found at: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/