Technology Technician - M25 - Dartford

BALFOUR BEATTY; Dartford; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure company is looking for a candidate to join the Connect Plus Services Technology Maintenance Team in Dartford. The role involves maintaining and improving technology assets, conducting fault rectification, and ensuring compliance with safety regulations. Ideal candidates should have electronic qualifications and a customer-focused approach. This position offers smart working options with remote working flexibility and generous benefits including annual leave and family-friendly policies.

Benefits

Smart working arrangements

25 days annual leave

Family-friendly policies

Pension and share incentive plan

Volunteering leave

Qualifications

• Recognised Electronic or Technology Qualifications or Apprenticeship required.
• IT literacy is essential.
• Compliance with various training and certification standards required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve Area 5 Technology assets.
• Carry out maintenance and fault rectification activities.
• Ensure systems are maintained within contractual requirements.

Skills

Recognised Electronic or Technology Qualifications or Apprenticeship

IT literate

Card holder or training in MEWPS

NHSS8 Certification

Traffic Management

Confined spaces

CSCS Safety Card

Job description

About the role

To work within the Connect Plus Services Technology Maintenance Team maintaining & improving Area 5 Technology assets.

This role includes carrying out maintenance and fault/failure rectification activities on the following types of equipment – CCTV, ERT, MIDAS, RCC, NTIS, SVD, Traffic Signal, Message sign and signal equipment in line with the National Highways and Technology Services quality plan ensuring the technology systems are maintained and repaired in accordance with the contractual requirements and timescales required.

What you’ll be doing

• Adhere to ‘Zero Harm’ safety process at all times.
• Provide a customer focused/service/commercial approach to work.
• Ensure systems are maintained and repaired within contractual requirements through efficient and effective working.
• Ensure NH Service Now data is captured and entered correctly and all data accurate.
• Attend faults, knockdowns etc. and carry out reactive maintenance including the reinstatement of sites, cable and equipment damaged by others.
• Carry out fault / failure rectification and maintenance duties, included within the shift / on‑call rota and/or out of hours maintenance within the contract response times.
• Responsibility for ensuring that all faults are repaired within Contract timescales.
• Responsibility for ensuring all planned maintenance is carried out within contract timescales.
• Responsibility of employer’s stores, ensuring all stock is booked in and out.
• Ensure that the communications infrastructure is being maintained to standard.
• Record and report any health and safety concerns to your line manager ASAP.
• Manage time and vehicle efficiently whilst on the network.

Who we’re looking for

• Recognised Electronic or Technology Qualifications or Apprenticeship
• IT literate
• Card holder or training in:
• MEWPS
• NHSS8 Certification
• Traffic Management
• Confined spaces
• CSCS Safety Card

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?

• 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…

About us

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 it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: [e-mail].