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About the role

Amazing infrastructure isn’t the only thing that gets built here. Incredible careers do too. Join our Rail team as an MPV Driver at Effingham Junction on our Seasonal Treatment team and you can build something to be proud of.

This is a key role within the (Multi-Purpose Vehicle) business unit, delivering key shifts for our customer NWR/SCO by demonstrating safe driving and control of a Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV) across the network.

What you'll be doing

As a MPV Driver you will:

Have in depth route knowledge of the Wessex area of the country;

Work as part of the MPV Seasonal Team to provide a safe and professional service to the customer;

Undertake any necessary working and transit shifts;

Consistently work to the plan;

Undertake training as required to retain and obtain required competency levels to drive and operate MPV's 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 customers workload.

Who we're looking for

You will have the following 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.

Why work for us

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. You can shape a lot with Balfour Beatty. Every day, our projects change the way the world looks and improve the way it works. We care about our people, embrace diversity and inclusion and aim to positively impact the communities in which we operate.

Not only that, but we also offer a full range of BENEFITS too.

You can enjoy a competitive base salary (with potential for overtime), company pension scheme, life cover, mobile phone and typically 30 days annual leave.

You can enjoy our Voluntary benefits such as a private health care plan, share incentive plan, an additional holiday leave purchase scheme, access to exclusive lifestyle discounts portal, discounted travel insurance and more.

In addition, our Wellbeing and additional benefits extend to enhanced family friendly leave policies, employee Refer and Earn scheme, employee assistance programme, gym discounts and much more!

If you feel that this is the job for you, please do not hesitate to apply.

About us

Our Rail business has an extensive legacy of rail expertise. Our teams safely deliver complex projects, from consultancy and design to all aspects of construction and maintenance. Using advanced plant and machinery, and unique innovations, we provide end-to-end solutions for our customers.

Our aim is to improve the passenger’s experience, and our teams create better journeys by increasing network capacity, improving reliability, and making our railways more efficient and sustainable.

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 

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