About The Role
At
Balfour Beatty Highways, we are committed to maintaining, managing, and operating major highway networks across the UK, supporting local authorities in creating vibrant communities where people want to live, work, and play.
We pride ourselves on delivering
high-quality asset strategy, management, and planning consultancy services to both public and private sector clients. Our team provides
specialist, reliable, sustainable, and creative advice for asset management planning and implementation. With a focus on putting customers first, we consistently prioritise completing schemes safely, efficiently, and to the highest standards.
Exciting Opportunity: Maintenance Operative (Leatherhead)
Our
Balfour Beatty Highways business has an exciting opening for a
Maintenance Operative as part of the
Connect Plus Services (CPS) team, based in Leatherhead.
As a Maintenance Operative, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring the efficient service delivery of the
M25 DBFO Network. From hazard clearance to network maintenance, your work will be instrumental in keeping one of the UK’s busiest highways running smoothly.
What you'll be doing
- Undertake activities, as instructed, with capabilities to ensure that your area of responsibility is maintained. This will include but not exclusive to:
- cyclical maintenance
- graffiti removal
- carriageway repairs,
- soft estate maintenance (e.g. grassland maintenance)
- litter picking,
- sign maintenance,
- cleansing
- safety fence repairs
- boundary fence repairs
- Any other duties allocated by Line Managers.
- Implement Traffic Management in line with CPS policies, method statements, risk assessments and industry standards.
- Good written and verbal communication.
- Undertake routine vehicle checks and maintain accurate and up to date driving records in line with legislation in accordance with CPS procedures and legislation.
- Taking due care of any CPS property including but not limited to tablets, vehicles and radios.
- Raise awareness of issues which may affect the safe operation of the network and report these as observed.
- Responsible for checking your equipment & tools for relevant tasks. Reporting faults or defects.
- Participate in Winter Service rota as required.
- Attend training courses as required & maintain qualifications / competencies.
- Live the CPS Values.
- Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm.
- Support the delivery of CPSUK’s Sustainability activities.
Who we're looking for
Qualifications (Essential)
- UK Driving Licence
- CSCS Operative Card
Qualifications (Desirable / Achievable Within 6months)
- Strimmer / Hedge Trimmer
- Banksman / Manual Handling
- NHSS12A/B 1 Day qualification - TTMBC
- ROLO Sector Scheme 18
- Emergency First Aid – 1 day
- Plant/small tools training.
- Gate Person
- PPI.
Working arrangements Maintenance (shift work, need for travel etc)
- Expected to work Mon-Fri, day and night shifts on a rotating basis with 3 weeks of night shifts to 1 week of day shifts
- Day shifts are 07:00 to 16:00, night shifts are 20:30 to 05:30 with a 45-minute break
- 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 call out rotas e.g. Winter Maintenance
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:
[email protected] 
