General Assistant - Horsham, United Kingdom - Balfour Beatty

Balfour Beatty
Balfour Beatty
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Horsham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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About the role
Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a
General Assistant
to join our Rail team to work in Horsham, West Sussex**
Company Benefits

  • Flexible benefits window Options to purchase additional holidays, bikes, tech vouchers, dental cover, PMI etc
  • Reward platform where you can get discounts off shopping, insurance, cars etc
  • Enhanced company sickness scheme
  • 26 days holiday plus bank holidays
  • Up to 2 days volunteering per year

What you'll be doing
As a
General Assistant, your main accountabilities will be as follows:

There are a multitude of jobs for the General Assistant to complete alongside our fully qualified technicians, starting with cleaning bogies & cabs ready for planned maintenance all the way through to completing minor repairs on the assets & equipment to helping turnaround pre-service preparation.

Yard Based Work

  • Loading and unloading of stores using 3T Forklift
  • Receiving and counting in deliveries, manual handling and use of pallet trucks
  • Receipting goods into stock
  • Booking materials out of stock
  • Cleaning of MPV's & Associated Modules
  • Paint repairs to MPV's & Associated Modules
  • Minor Repairs to equipment
  • Carry out DP duties as & when required (Once trained & competent)
  • Assist with replenishing duties during seasonal work
Depot

  • Good general handyman skills for repair issues on depot.
  • Good housekeeping, keeping depot clean and tidy.
  • Promote safety
  • Ensuring depot mess rooms are kept up to standard
  • Ensuring depot notice boards are up to date

Who we're looking for

The following personal qualities and experience are required:

  • Knowledge & interest in mechanical systems.
  • Experience in house keeping, washing down bays and heavy cleaning.
The following are desirable but full training can be given:

  • DP Trained
  • Forklift Ticket
  • First Aid at Work

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 works at the heart of the UK's rail networks - designing, enhancing and maintaining thousands of miles of the railways that connect communities and underpin growth.


From feasibility studies, planning and design through to implementation and asset management, we provide multi-disciplinary rail infrastructure services across the lifecycle of rail assets.

Our expertise covers electrification, track, power, civils, specialist rail plant, railway systems and technologies.


Diversity and inclusion

Job Reference:
BBUK07819
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