About The Role
Are you looking for a hands-on, rewarding career that offers long-term stability, growth, and purpose, without compromising your work-life balance? With 15 years remaining on this major infrastructure project, this is your chance to join a committed team maintaining one of the UK’s most critical transport networks — the M25. This role offers structured shift patterns, providing clarity and consistency so you can plan your time with confidence, knowing your wellbeing matters.
As an
HGV Recovery Driver based in
Dartford, Kent, you’ll be on the front line of keeping traffic moving, responding to breakdowns, collisions, and emergency situations with skill and professionalism. You'll be responsible for the safe recovery, towing, and transport of large vehicles, helping to minimise disruption and ensure road safety.
Working with Balfour Beatty Highways, you'll play a key role in specialist recovery operations across the M25 network. This is a high-impact role where your expertise will make a real difference.
In Return, You’ll Benefit From
- A fixed shift pattern, giving you clear structure and predictability in your week
- A supportive environment that values work-life balance and employee wellbeing
- Structured training and development opportunities
- Career progression within a long-term project
This is more than just a job – it’s a chance to build a fulfilling career, develop specialist skills, and be part of a team that genuinely cares. If you’re ready to step into a meaningful, stable, and well-supported role, we’d love to hear from you.
What you'll be doing
As an HGV Recovery Driver, you’ll play a key role in keeping one of the UK’s most vital
transport networks running smoothly. Your work will directly support the safety and reliability of the M25, making a real impact every single day.
You’ll Be
- Responding to road-related incidents, hazards and breakdowns, providing recovery support and arranging specialist advice where needed.
- Attending incidents and working safely and efficiently to clear affected areas, following CPS policies and risk assessments.
- Carrying out a variety of essential maintenance tasks including:
- Debris and safety inspections
- Carriageway repairs and graffiti removal
- Soft estate maintenance (e.g. grass cutting)
- Litter picking, cleansing, and sign maintenance
- Leading or assisting with the recovery of heavy and light vehicles in line with safety procedures.
- Using mobile devices to record information accurately, supporting clear communication and compliance.
- Completing routine vehicle and equipment checks, maintaining accurate records, and ensuring all kit is in good working order.
- Reporting issues that may impact road safety or network operations.
- Participating in the Winter Service rota when required and attending training to keep your skills sharp.
- Supporting sustainability efforts and upholding Balfour Beatty’s commitment to Zero Harm and core values.
Working Arrangements
- Expected to work the shift pattern (days, nights, weekend and bank holidays) to meet operational requirements.
- Shift pattern is 4 shifts on, 4 shifts off, to include weekends and bank holidays.
- Reasonable level of travel around M25 network and between depots.
- Travel to meetings, training and works sites outside normal operational area.
- Expected to participate in out of hours working to fulfil Winter Maintenance.
Who we're looking for
Qualifications (Essential)
- UK Driving Licence, minimum category C+E (LGV Class 1)
- IVR 1, 2 and 3
Experience
- Recovering heavy and light vehicles on a live motorway or All Purpose Trunk Road (APTR) network.
- Proficient in the safe working practices of recovering heavy and light vehicles using full range of equipment on the recovery vehicles, underlift, winch, crane etc
- Experience of working in a similar traffic / transport / highways / recovery role are preferred.
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?
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…
About Us
Connect Plus Services (CPS) brings together the collective strength of our parent companies - Balfour Beatty, Atkins and Egis Road Operation UK. With around 600 people, based at eight locations across the M25 network, we work on behalf of Connect Plus and National Highways to manage the operation of the M25 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, from routine maintenance to managing the whole-life requirement of thousands of assets across the network.
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
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). 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. 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:
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