Cabling General Operative
Company
Location
Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
Posted At
8/1/2025
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Description
About The Role
Location: Swansea (covering Llanelli & West Wales)
Team: Balfour Beatty Power Transmission & Distribution (T&D)
Pay: Weekly Paid
Contract: Part of the NGED MTC Framework
Balfour Beatty Power T&D is looking for a General Operative – Cabling to join our growing team in Swansea!
In this hands-on role, you’ll be supporting trenching works for LV & HV cable systems in both highways and substations. You’ll play a key part in delivering safe, high-quality work across our West Wales projects.
What You’ll Be Doing
electricity reinforcement and maintenance projects in the Llanelli & West Wales
area.
Essential
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?
Benefits
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:
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.
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
We are 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: [email protected]
Location: Swansea (covering Llanelli & West Wales)
Team: Balfour Beatty Power Transmission & Distribution (T&D)
Pay: Weekly Paid
Contract: Part of the NGED MTC Framework
Balfour Beatty Power T&D is looking for a General Operative – Cabling to join our growing team in Swansea!
In this hands-on role, you’ll be supporting trenching works for LV & HV cable systems in both highways and substations. You’ll play a key part in delivering safe, high-quality work across our West Wales projects.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Carrying out trench excavation and reinstatement
- Assisting in cable laying for low and high voltage systems
- Supporting site operations under the guidance of the Area Supervisor and Project Manager
- Maintaining a strong focus on health, safety, and quality at all times
- Interacts with:
- Direct team members and supervisors
- Third party providers including Sub Contractors
- National Grid
- External customersAssist with the work involved of preparing trenches for LV and HV cable
- Ensure compliance with Balfour Beatty and National Grid standards and manufacturer specifications.
- Adhere to all health & safety regulations and best practices.
- Work effectively as part of a team to deliver high-quality results.
electricity reinforcement and maintenance projects in the Llanelli & West Wales
area.
- To assist in the installation of HV Cable Systems, associated accessories and support steelwork
- To ensure personal safety, safety of other personnel and members of the public at all times
- Work within the guidelines of the Company Safety Policy, Quality and Security procedures
- Set personal examples in all Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental standards
- Report all accidents, dangerous occurrences and near miss incidents to his/ her superior
- Ensure all personal protective equipment is clean, serviceable and worn as required
- Ensure all carriageway and footway excavations are correctly signed guarded and lit
- Report and not operate any unsafe plant, equipment or vehicles
- Maintaining personal cleanliness and hygiene
- Immediately inform a senior person of any hazard that places personnel or public at risk
- Only authorised persons use plant and equipment
- Cleanliness / Security of all vehicles, plant and equipment
- Maintain a clean, tidy and safe site
- To ensure that all work is carried out to meet Quality requirements
- Assist the team leader at all times
- Direct team members and supervisors
- Third party providers including Sub Contractors
- National Grid
- External customers
Essential
- Experience in working with manual handling/ physical environment
- General knowledge of health and safety requirements
- Experience in using hand tools correctly
- Ability to follow functional instructions in English language both spoken and written; carrying them out reliably and efficiently
- Experience of working in a team environment
- Flexible approach to activities on site
- Experience of cabling
- Valid U.K Clean Driving Licence
- Construction Experience.
- Excavator and Dumper Qualifications
- Streetworks (NRSWA)
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?
Benefits
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…
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.
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
We are 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: [email protected]
Advertise with us by contacting: [email protected]
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