Street Lighting Installation Operative

Fm Conway Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading lighting solutions company is seeking a Street Lighting Installation Operative to join their team in Central London. This full-time position involves undertaking street lighting installations and ensuring compliance with health and safety practices. The ideal candidate will have prior experience in the street lighting industry and possess NRSWA Units 1-9 certification, along with a full UK driving licence. A variety of benefits, including career development and health support, are offered.

Benefits

23 days holiday plus bank holidays

Contributory pension scheme

Health and well-being benefits

Shopping discounts

Qualifications

• Experience working in the Street Lighting industry is required.
• Must hold NRSWA Units 1-9 certification.
• Experience in excavations and reinstatements is essential.

Responsibilities

• Work within health and safety plans and risk assessments.
• Ensure site works are executed efficiently.
• Maintain records of plant, vehicles, and materials.

Skills

Previous experience in the Street Lighting industry

NRSWA Units 1-9 certification

Excavations and reinstatements experience

Driving skills with a full UK driving licence

Job description

FM Conway is currently seeking a Street Lighting Installation Operative to join our Street Lighting division. As our Street Lighting Installation Operative you will be working within a team of ground workers undertaking electric street lighting installations across a range of high‑profile projects in Central London. This is a permanent, full‑time position based in Central London and from our Dartford Depot.

Responsibilities

• Working within health and safety plans, method statements and risk assessments
• Working with awareness of incident reporting, SWMP and environmental plans provided
• Interpreting scaled drawings of basic electrical installations and detailed drawings of underground cabling
• Ensuring that all site works are executed in a time and cost‑efficient manner whilst ensuring regular liaison with the supervisor
• Maintaining plant, vehicle and materials record sheets to support the works programme as well as ensuring that all plant is fit for purpose and maintained to required standards

What skills and experience do you need?

You will have previous experience of working in the Street Lighting industry and you will hold a NRSWA Units 1‑9 certification. You will also have experience in excavations and reinstatements. This role will involve travel to other FM Conway and customer locations therefore, youmust be able to drive and possess a full UK driving licence.

What benefits will you receive?

As our Street Lighting Installation Operative we will offer you a range of fantastic benefits including career and professional developmentanda wide range of shopping discounts through our Rewarding Great People platform. You will receive 23 days holiday plus bank holidays, contributory pension scheme, life assurance, and a range of health and well‑being benefits including a 24‑hour advice line and support from our mental health first aiders.

A brief introduction to FM Conway and our Street Lighting Division

FM Conway is a family run business with over 60 years’ experience of creating sustainable and innovative transportation solutions. We pride ourselves on our core values, creating a culture around Care, Innovation, Integrity and Excellence. As a family business the heart of FM Conway has, and always will be, its great people and we are always searching for talented individuals to join our family.

Our Lighting division have over 60 years of experience working on high‑profile projects in Central London. From design and installation through to refurbishment and maintenance we understand what it takes to deliver lighting systems that combine cost and energy efficiency as well as optimum performance. At FM Conway we offer comprehensive end‑to‑end support, helping customers with project inception and development, all the way through to implementation and project delivery. Some of our iconic Lighting projects include the Illuminated River project which saw the business install lighting on London, Southwark, Cannon Street Railway and Millennium Bridges. We have also worked on Westminster City Council Sturgeon Columns and SureCharge, our Electric Vehicle charging solutions. This is an exciting time to be joining the business as we are at the forefront of deploying new technologies, asset management and small cell technology practicesinto the lighting sector.

So if you would like to Join our Family as our Street Lighting Installation Operative then please click ‘apply’ today.

Closing Date: 10/01/2026

FM Conway is an award‑winning equal opportunities employer. We recognise that our workforce should reflect our diverse communities and we are proudly committed to creating an inclusive culture in which we celebrate and value individuals from all walks of life.

At our heart we are a family that recognises and embraces individuality, so if you are excited about this role but you are unsure if you meet all of the criteria, we encourage you to apply anyway as you may still be the right candidate for this or another role we are recruiting for.

We look forward to receiving your application!