Technical Supervisor

Connect Plus Services; Dartford, Leatherhead; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Connect Plus Services as a Technical Supervisor, crucial for maintaining the Dartford River Crossing's M&E systems. You'll lead a dedicated team, ensuring the highest safety and quality standards while driving innovation and sustainability. With a focus on professional growth and stability, this role offers a unique opportunity to make a tangible impact in a critical infrastructure project.

Qualifications

• Hands-on leader with a focus on infrastructure excellence.
• Experience with HV/LV systems and safety systems in highways/tunnels.
• Proven record managing multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee M&E maintenance activities to standards.
• Identify safety risks and improve practices.
• Manage staffing, performance, and training for team development.

Skills

Leadership

Safety Management

Technical Problem-Solving

Communication

Innovation

Education

Mechanical or Electrical trade qualification

SSSTS or SMSTS certification

Tools

MS Word

Excel

Outlook

Job description

Looking to take the next step in your career with a role that offers real impact, variety, and long-term stability? As a Technical Supervisor, you’ll be a key player in the safe and efficient delivery of Mechanical and Electrical maintenance at one of the UK’s most vital transport links—the Dartford River Crossing and tunnel.

With 15 years of planned work ahead, this is more than just a job—it’s your opportunity to grow with a project that’s built to last. You’ll lead a dedicated team of M&E Maintenance Technicians and coordinate subcontractors to ensure every task meets the highest standards of safety and compliance.

From site visits and safety briefings to developing method statements and driving innovation, your leadership will shape not only the day-to-day operations but the future of the network. You’ll have the freedom to suggest improvements, optimise resources, and contribute to sustainability and cost-saving initiatives—all within a supportive, forward-thinking environment.

If you’re seeking a role that blends technical challenge with purpose, professional growth with security, and team leadership with tangible results—this is your chance to be part of something meaningful.

What You’ll Be Doing

As a Technical Supervisor, you’ll be at the forefront of maintaining and improving the vital infrastructure of the Dartford River Crossing and tunnel—helping millions of people travel safely every year. This is your opportunity to lead with purpose, grow your expertise, and make a real impact.

In this dynamic and rewarding role, you will:

Lead with confidence: Oversee Mechanical & Electrical (M&E) maintenance activities, ensuring work is planned, executed, and completed to the highest safety and quality standards.

Engage and empower your team: Support M&E staff and subcontractors, delivering clear work briefings and debriefs while fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous learning.

Keep safety at the heart of operations: Champion a Zero Harm approach by proactively identifying risks, improving safety practices, and contributing to risk assessments and method statements.

Plan and problem-solve: Use dashboard reports, site inspections, and your expertise to prioritise work, determine resource needs, and maintain clear, accurate records for accountability.

Drive performance and development: Manage staffing, performance, and rotas while mentoring team members and helping them grow through constructive feedback and training.

Support innovation and sustainability: Identify opportunities for cost savings, efficiency, and sustainable practices that align with Connect Plus Services’ long-term goals.

Promote open communication: Deliver toolbox talks, encourage feedback, and ensure the team is informed, involved, and empowered.

Whether you’re streamlining operations, mentoring colleagues, or solving complex technical challenges, you’ll play a key role in maintaining one of the UK’s most critical transport assets—with the stability of a project that’s built to last for years to come.

Who We’re Looking For – Key Requirements

We’re seeking a motivated, safety-first leader with a hands-on approach and a passion for infrastructure excellence. To thrive in this role, you’ll bring:

A recognised Mechanical or Electrical trade qualification

SSSTS or SMSTS certification

Experience maintaining HV/LV systems, pumps, and safety systems—ideally in highways or tunnel environments

Strong knowledge of Health, Safety, Environment, and Quality (HSEQ) standards in a highways context

Confidence using MS Word, Excel, Outlook, or equivalent tools

A current UK driving licence

A proven track record of leading multidisciplinary teams

Clear and confident verbal communication skills to engage all levels of the team

Ability to write effective briefings, handovers, and accurate records

• 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.

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.

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