Planned Maintenance Manager
Company
Location
Chelmsford, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
7/10/2025
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Description
About The Role
As the Planned Maintenance Manager North, you’ll oversee the safe and
efficient delivery of a c£3m Annual Maintenance Programme across the M25
network. Your team will be responsible for maintaining the linear assets
(pavement, VRS, barriers and fences, signs and lines) within your
geographical area.
Leading a team of approximately 40 maintenance staff and overseeing the
work of subcontractors, you’ll promote a culture where everyone is committed
to doing their work in the right way, with public safety always at the forefront.
You’ll proactively mitigate risks, conduct regular depot/site inspections, and
manage the safe deployment of resources.
You’ll also support the Defect Team to ensure the timely completion of
repairs and work closely with the Roadspace/Scheduling Hub to keep the
Programme on track. Additionally, you’ll manage the planned maintenance
budget for your area, track progress, and identify opportunities to reduce
costs.
Your effective leadership and focus on continuous improvement will ensure
the M25 network remains safe, resilient and in top condition.
What you'll be doing
Maintenance Management
time and within budget.
annual maintenance plan.
minimal changes and address issues as they arise.
works co-ordination opportunities.
availability.
effective maintenance supply chain.
resources for these activities.
Safety And Compliance
equipment.
records of briefings are maintained.
Who we're looking for
Experience in the delivery of highways maintenance operations or
similar transferable experience
Appropriate CSCS qualification
SMSTS qualification
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
Strong Leadership Skills And Experience Driving Performance And
productivity
Ability to adapt to and manage change, leading teams through
operational adjustments and ensuring smooth transitions
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:
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]
As the Planned Maintenance Manager North, you’ll oversee the safe and
efficient delivery of a c£3m Annual Maintenance Programme across the M25
network. Your team will be responsible for maintaining the linear assets
(pavement, VRS, barriers and fences, signs and lines) within your
geographical area.
Leading a team of approximately 40 maintenance staff and overseeing the
work of subcontractors, you’ll promote a culture where everyone is committed
to doing their work in the right way, with public safety always at the forefront.
You’ll proactively mitigate risks, conduct regular depot/site inspections, and
manage the safe deployment of resources.
You’ll also support the Defect Team to ensure the timely completion of
repairs and work closely with the Roadspace/Scheduling Hub to keep the
Programme on track. Additionally, you’ll manage the planned maintenance
budget for your area, track progress, and identify opportunities to reduce
costs.
Your effective leadership and focus on continuous improvement will ensure
the M25 network remains safe, resilient and in top condition.
What you'll be doing
Maintenance Management
- Manage the end-to-end delivery of the annual maintenance
time and within budget.
- Ensure accurate data entry into the maintenance management
annual maintenance plan.
- Work closely with the Roadspace/Scheduling Hub to monitor
minimal changes and address issues as they arise.
- Identify opportunities for site sharing to enable efficient delivery of our
- Define clear work requirements for each maintenance site to manage
- Support the Reactive Maintenance Lead with the timely and efficient
works co-ordination opportunities.
- Continuously improve driver standards to meet key BB reporting
- Actively monitor vehicle utilisation and oversee the management of
availability.
- Support the Commercial team with supplier procurement and
effective maintenance supply chain.
- Ensure adequate supervision is in place for all works activities and
resources for these activities.
- Participate in on-call rotas for Silver Command and Winter
Safety And Compliance
- Lead the achievement of Zero Harm objectives, maintaining a safe
- Oversee the safe and compliant delivery of maintenance activities,
equipment.
- Proactively identify and mitigate operational safety risks
- Conduct regular site and depot inspections, reporting on good
- Monitor the standard of briefings delivered by supervisors, ensuring
records of briefings are maintained.
Who we're looking for
Experience in the delivery of highways maintenance operations or
similar transferable experience
Appropriate CSCS qualification
SMSTS qualification
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
Strong Leadership Skills And Experience Driving Performance And
productivity
Ability to adapt to and manage change, leading teams through
operational adjustments and ensuring smooth transitions
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…
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]
Advertise with us by contacting: [email protected]
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