Maintenance Operative – Level 0 – Scratchwood, Blunts Farm, Leatherhead, Swanley

Connect Plus Services; South Mimms; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure services company is looking for a proactive individual to join the M25 project team. The role offers responsibilities in maintenance and safety management, contributing to the UK's vital road network. Successful candidates will have a UK driving licence and relevant experience, ideally in a traffic or highways setting. This position promises long-term stability, professional development opportunities, and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Flexible working

Career development opportunities

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Proactive approach to service delivery.
• Ability to implement traffic management effectively.
• Maintain accurate driving records.

Responsibilities

• Perform cyclical maintenance across the M25 Network.
• Conduct graffiti removals and carriageway repairs.
• Support safety and operational excellence.

Skills

Proactive individual

Effective communication

Traffic management

Education

UK Driving Licence

CSCS Operative Card

Job description

About the Role

Join us in shaping the future of one of the UK’s most vital road networks. As part of the M25 DBFO project—an ambitious programme with 15 years still to run —this role offers a rare combination of long‑term stability, career growth, and day‑to‑day variety.

We are looking for a proactive individual to help deliver an efficient service across the M25 Network. You’ll take on a wide range of responsibilities, from hazard clearance and network maintenance to supporting operational excellence. Every task you undertake will contribute to keeping one of the country’s busiest motorways safe and reliable.

This is an opportunity to develop your skills, work on a project of national importance, and enjoy the security of a role that truly makes a difference. If you’re seeking a position that combines challenge, excitement, and long‑term prospects, this is the perfect time to join us.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Cyclical maintenance
• Graffiti removal
• Carriageway repairs
• Soft estate maintenance (e.g., grassland maintenance)
• Litter picking
• Sign maintenance
• Cleaning
• 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.
• Communicate effectively, both in writing and verbally.
• Undertake routine vehicle checks and maintain accurate, up‑to‑date driving records in accordance with CPS procedures and legislation.
• Take due care of CPS property, including but not limited to tablets, vehicles, and radios.
• Raise awareness of issues that may affect the safe operation of the network and report these as observed.
• Check equipment and tools for relevant tasks and report any faults or defects.
• Participate in the Winter Service rota as required.
• Attend training courses as required and 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

Experience

• Working on a live motorway or All‑Purpose Trunk Road (APTR) network
• Experience of working in a similar traffic, transport, or highways role

Essential Criteria

• Successfully pass the security check as part of the recruitment process
• Successfully pass the annual driving licence check

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.

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 /.

Location

This is a hybrid role designed to fully maximise 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.

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