Groundworker - Paddington, Greater London

Groundworker - Paddington, Greater London

FM Conway is currently seeking a Groundworker to join our Street Lighting Division. As an NRSWA-trained Groundworker, you will be part of our Street Lighting team, carrying out reinstatement and excavation work on a range of high-profile projects. This is a full-time, permanent position based at our Paddington office, working on a range of prestigious projects in Westminster.

The duties of the role will include:

- Interpreting scaled drawings of basic electrical installations

- Maintaining plant, vehicle, and materials record sheets to support the works programme as well as ensuring all plant is fit for purpose and inspected daily

- Working within a small team on electrical street lighting installations

- Being conscientious of utility / incident reporting via the Customer Care team and having an awareness of all environmental escalation procedures & processes

What skills and experience do you need?

As a Groundworker , you will hold your NRSWA Units 1-9 tickets and CSCS card, with previous experience in groundworkers, ideally including excavations and reinstatements in composite, modular, granular and asphalt surfaces. This role will involve travel to other FM Conway and customer locations, therefore, you must hold a full UK driving licence.

What benefits will you receive?

As our Groundworker we will offer you a range of fantastic benefits including career and professional development and a wide range of shopping discounts though 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 business of families 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 . 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 practices into the lighting sector.

So if you would like to Join our Family as a Groundworker then please click ‘apply’ today.

Closing Date: 08/01/2026

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. EDI-Strategy

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!