Soft Estate Operative Level 0 – Connect Plus Services | Scratchwood, London | Highways
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Description
About The Role
Join Connect Plus Services and become part of the new soft estates maintenance team responsible for delivering safe, efficient maintenance across the M25 DBFO Network. In this role, you will carry out a wide range of soft estates works, hazard clearance, and network maintenance tasks as required, contributing directly to the safety and operational efficiency of one of the UK’s busiest motorways.
As a Soft Estate Operative Level 0, you will use your skills and expertise to maintain grassed areas, vegetation, ditches, and other grounds while supporting the safe operation of the highway network. This is a hands-on, operational role offering practical experience and the opportunity to make a tangible impact on the daily running of a critical infrastructure asset.
What you'll be doing
You will undertake routine soft estates maintenance, including grass cutting, heavy vegetation clearance, arboriculture works, ditch clearance, and weed spraying. You will maintain and clear signs, operate soft estates plant such as chainsaws, chippers, Robomowers, ride-on mowers, strimmers, and hedge cutters, and ensure all work is completed safely and efficiently.
You will accurately record and report activities using mobile communication and data devices, maintain driving and vehicle records, and take care of all CPS property, including vehicles, radios, and tablets. You will raise awareness of any issues affecting the safe operation of the network and contribute to the Winter Service rota and other operational requirements as needed.
Safety is central to this role, and you will actively support Zero Harm
Join Connect Plus Services and become part of the new soft estates maintenance team responsible for delivering safe, efficient maintenance across the M25 DBFO Network. In this role, you will carry out a wide range of soft estates works, hazard clearance, and network maintenance tasks as required, contributing directly to the safety and operational efficiency of one of the UK’s busiest motorways.
As a Soft Estate Operative Level 0, you will use your skills and expertise to maintain grassed areas, vegetation, ditches, and other grounds while supporting the safe operation of the highway network. This is a hands-on, operational role offering practical experience and the opportunity to make a tangible impact on the daily running of a critical infrastructure asset.
What you'll be doing
You will undertake routine soft estates maintenance, including grass cutting, heavy vegetation clearance, arboriculture works, ditch clearance, and weed spraying. You will maintain and clear signs, operate soft estates plant such as chainsaws, chippers, Robomowers, ride-on mowers, strimmers, and hedge cutters, and ensure all work is completed safely and efficiently.
You will accurately record and report activities using mobile communication and data devices, maintain driving and vehicle records, and take care of all CPS property, including vehicles, radios, and tablets. You will raise awareness of any issues affecting the safe operation of the network and contribute to the Winter Service rota and other operational requirements as needed.
Safety is central to this role, and you will actively support Zero Harm
initiatives, attend training courses as required, and live the Balfour Beatty values while contributing to CPS’s sustainability objectives.
Who we're looking for
We are seeking a skilled, safety-focused Soft Estate Operative Level 0 with a valid UK Driving Licence (minimum Category C/LGV Class 1), Driver Qualification Card/CPC, and a current CSCS Operative Card. You must hold the relevant elements of Sector Scheme 18 and be registered on the Register of Land-based Operations (ROLO).
You will have proven experience working on a live motorway or All-Purpose Trunk Road (APTR) network and be fully competent operating soft estates plant, including chainsaws, chippers, Robomowers, ride-on mowers, strimmers, and hedge cutters. You will bring a hands-on, proactive approach to maintaining safe and efficient roadways while supporting a high-performing operational team.
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?
Who we're looking for
We are seeking a skilled, safety-focused Soft Estate Operative Level 0 with a valid UK Driving Licence (minimum Category C/LGV Class 1), Driver Qualification Card/CPC, and a current CSCS Operative Card. You must hold the relevant elements of Sector Scheme 18 and be registered on the Register of Land-based Operations (ROLO).
You will have proven experience working on a live motorway or All-Purpose Trunk Road (APTR) network and be fully competent operating soft estates plant, including chainsaws, chippers, Robomowers, ride-on mowers, strimmers, and hedge cutters. You will bring a hands-on, proactive approach to maintaining safe and efficient roadways while supporting a high-performing operational team.
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
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
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: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com