About The Role
Join the Team Keeping the M25 Bright and Moving –
Level 0 Street Lighting Operative (Nights)
Looking for a role that offers hands-on experience, room to grow, and long-term stability? This could be your perfect next step.
At
Balfour Beatty Highways, we do more than maintain roads — we help shape communities and support millions of journeys every day. As part of the Connect Plus Services (CPS) team, you’ll be joining a project with over 15 years remaining, providing you with the rare combination of excitement, impact, and job security in one of the UK’s most important infrastructure networks.
Based at Blunts Farm, Essex, you’ll play a vital role in supporting the efficient operation of the M25 DBFO Network — the busiest motorway in Europe — by carrying out street lighting maintenance, testing, and installations during night shifts.
This is an opportunity to be part of something big. Whether you’re early in your career or looking to take on a fresh challenge, you’ll be supported by a knowledgeable, inclusive team and encouraged to grow your skills in a dynamic, safety-first environment.
If you’re someone who takes pride in their work, enjoys being part of a team, and wants to contribute to a long-term legacy — we’d love to hear from you.
What you'll be doing
As a Level 0 Street Lighting Operative, you’ll be part of a close-knit, supportive team working to keep one of the UK’s busiest road networks safe, efficient, and well-lit.
Your day-to-day work will be hands-on, meaningful, and varied — with every task contributing to the safety and comfort of millions of journeys. You’ll also have access to ongoing training and development opportunities, helping you grow your skills and shape your career.
Here’s How You’ll Make a Difference
- Work collaboratively with your team on both routine and non-routine street lighting tasks across the network.
- Accurately capture and report work activity using mobile data devices and maintain clear written and verbal records.
- Attend training courses to continually develop your skills and stay up to date with industry standards.
- Live and promote the Connect Plus Services values in everything you do.
- Keep a strong focus on health, safety, and wellbeing – supporting our Zero Harm commitment.
- Contribute to our wider sustainability goals, helping build a better, more responsible future for all.
This is more than just a job — it’s a role where your efforts are recognised, your development is supported, and your work truly matters
Who we're looking for
We’re looking for motivated individuals who are safety-focused, team-oriented, and ready to grow their career in a hands-on, impactful role.
To Be Successful, You’ll Need
- A full UK driving licence
- A valid CSCS Operative Card
- Previous experience in electrical maintenance or installation (street lighting experience is a bonus!)
Why work for us
CPS is a Joint Venture project with Balfour Beatty, AtkinsRéalis, and Egis. We operate and maintain the M25. The M25 is the busiest section of motorway in Europe and requires careful and efficient planning of work in order to deliver over £100m of annual investment in the highway infrastructure each year, in addition to planned and reactive maintenance activity.
If you have or are looking for a career in Highways, working on the M25 will give you experience and challenge that no other Highways project can offer.
About Us
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 www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone
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: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
