Highways Safety Inspector – M25 – BB The Teardrop Centre Swanley

Connect Plus Services; Swanley; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading transportation services firm is looking for a Highways Safety Inspector to join their team in Swanley. This role involves conducting thorough inspections of highways, identifying safety hazards, and collaborating with stakeholders to enhance road safety. Ideal candidates will have experience in highway maintenance and hold a full UK driving licence. The position offers long-term career stability and professional growth opportunities.

Benefits

Career stability and progression opportunities

Supportive and inclusive work environment

Training and development programs

Qualifications

• Experienced in highway maintenance and inspections.
• Ability to assess and identify risks on roads.
• Strong communication skills to work with various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Conduct thorough inspections of highways to ensure safety compliance.
• Identify potential safety hazards and recommend mitigation measures.
• Evaluate maintenance activities for adherence to safety standards.
• Collect and analyze road safety data to improve strategies.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to promote safety best practices.

Skills

Full UK driving licence (Category B/B1)

Previous experience of working in a highway maintenance contract

Knowledge and experience of highway and motorway defects

Understanding of highway construction and repair requirements

Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office applications

CSCS site visitor card

City & Guilds 6033 – Highway Inspection or equivalent

Job description

Highways Safety Inspector – M25 – BB The Teardrop Centre Swanley

We are seeking a dedicated Highways Safety Inspector to join our dynamic team and play a crucial role in upholding the highest standards of safety on our road networks.

This is a site-based role, undertaking highway safety inspections across the M25 DBFO Network. The Highways Safety Inspector is responsible for carrying out daily driven and monthly walked inspections of the network to identify safety defects across multiple asset types which pose a risk to road users and customers.

The role involves identifying and escalating defect information to the relevant network teams to manage hazard mitigations and defect repairs.

Base location: Swanley.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Safety Compliance: Conduct thorough inspections of highways, roads, and related infrastructure to ensure compliance with safety regulations, standards, and policies.
• Risk Assessment: Identify potential safety hazards, assess risks, and recommend effective mitigation measures to prevent accidents and enhance overall safety.
• Quality Assurance: Evaluate maintenance activities to ensure they meet established safety standards and specifications, providing timely feedback to project teams.
• Data Analysis: Collect and analyse data related to road safety, contributing to the development of comprehensive safety strategies.
• Collaboration: Work with various stakeholders, including National Highways, CPS depot teams, and local communities, to promote a culture of safety and implement best practices.

Who We’re Looking For

• Full UK driving licence (Category B/B1).
• Previous experience of working in a highway maintenance contract.
• Knowledge and experience of highway and motorway defects.
• Understanding of highway construction and repair requirements.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office applications.
• CSCS site visitor card.
• City & Guilds 6033 – Highway Inspection (preferable) or equivalent.

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.

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.

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