Maintenance Operative Level 2

About the Role

At Balfour Beatty Highways, we’re more than just road builders—we’re shaping the future of infrastructure across the UK. As part of Connect Plus Services (CPS), you’ll join a long-term project with 15 years remaining on the M25 network, offering both stability and the opportunity to grow your career in a dynamic environment.

This is your chance to be part of a passionate team that manages and maintains one of Europe’s busiest highways. With every day presenting new challenges, you’ll play a key role in keeping the country moving—safely, efficiently, and sustainably. Whether you’re clearing hazards, supporting critical maintenance or responding to incidents, your work will have real impact.

We offer a supportive environment where innovation, teamwork, and development are encouraged. If you’re looking for a career that combines purpose, progression, and long-term security—this is it.

What You’ll Be Doing

As a valued member of our team, you’ll play a hands-on role in maintaining the safety, cleanliness, and functionality of one of the UK’s most vital transport networks. Every day brings something new—from responding to the unexpected to carrying out essential planned work. No matter your background or experience, if you’re committed, safety-focused, and ready to learn, there’s a place for you here.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Carrying out essential maintenance such as litter picking, grass cutting, fence repairs, and sign cleaning

• Supporting repairs to the carriageway and safety features to keep the network running safely and smoothly

• Removing graffiti and maintaining the visual appeal of the network for all users

• Setting up safe and effective traffic management in line with industry standards

• Conducting routine vehicle checks and ensuring accurate driving records are maintained

• Reporting faults, hazards or incidents that could impact the safe operation of the network

• Taking care of company equipment, including vehicles, tablets, and tools

• Participating in winter maintenance operations as required

• Attending training courses to grow your skills and stay qualified

• Championing a Zero Harm culture and supporting our sustainability goals

• Living our CPS values in everything you do

You’ll be supported by a dedicated team and empowered to take pride in your work, with real opportunities to grow and make a meaningful impact every single day.

Working Arrangements – Maintenance (Shift Work, Travel, etc.)

• You will be expected to work Monday to Friday on a rotating shift pattern, typically three weeks of night shifts followed by one week of day shifts.

• Day shifts: 07:00 to 16:00

• Night shifts: 20:30 to 05:30 (including a 45-minute break)

• A reasonable level of travel will be required across the M25 network and between depots.

• Occasional travel to meetings, training sessions, and work sites outside the usual operational area.

• Participation in out-of-hours call-out rotas—such as for Winter Maintenance—is expected.

 

Who We’re Looking For – Key Requirements

We’re looking for enthusiastic individuals who are safety-focused, team-minded, and eager to make a difference. If you’re motivated to learn and committed to doing your best, we’ll support you every step of the way.

Essential:

• A valid UK driving licence

• A CSCS Operative Card

Desirable (or achievable within 6 months):

• Strimmer and hedge trimmer certification

• Manual handling and banksman training

• NHSS12A/B (TTMBC – 1 day course)

• ROLO Sector Scheme 18

• Emergency First Aid (1 day)

• Training in plant/small tools

• Gate person certification

• PPI training

Why Work for Us?

At Connect Plus Services (CPS), you’ll be part of a world-class team maintaining and operating the M25, Europe’s busiest motorway. As a joint venture between Balfour Beatty, Atkins, and Egis, we play a vital role in keeping millions of journeys moving safely and efficiently.

A Career Like No Other

Working on the M25 offers unrivalled experience, challenges, and opportunities that no other highways project can provide. You’ll be exposed to cutting-edge technology, large-scale infrastructure, and complex engineering solutions, making every day dynamic and rewarding.

Long-Term Stability & Growth

With 15+ years remaining on this project, we offer career stability, professional development, and progression opportunities. Whether you’re looking to build new skills or take the next step in your career, we invest in your growth.

A Supportive & Inclusive Team

At CPS, your contributions matter. We foster a diverse, inclusive, and collaborative work environment where safety, innovation, and teamwork drive everything we do.

 

About us

CPS is a joint venture between Balfour Beatty, Atkins, and Egis.

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/

 

Behavioural Competencies

• Inspiring: Champions curiosity and continuous improvement, role modelling change and managing risks to achieve project outcomes.
• Energising:  Role models positive and energised project focussed attitudes towards   and continuous improvement.
• Challenging: seeks and advocates improvements to add value and drive continuous performance.
• Challengeable: Encourage a culture of skilled challenging and seek to understand and explore challenge to enable improvement.
• Influencing: Builds commitment and consensus, and role models CPS leadership behaviours to deliver our goals.

Location:

This is a hybrid role designed to fully maximize team collaboration on the project, we offer flexible working where you will typically be working from your base CPS office, Leatherhead, Dartford or South Mimms up to three days per week and two days from home.

Note to all internal CPS employees:

If you are interested in applying, please submit your application through your parent company’s careers portal by entering the job title in the search bar. If your employing company is not advertising this role, please submit your CV and the role title to recruitment@connectplusm25.co.uk