Jobs at CPS in United Kingdom

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.

A site-based role, undertaking Highway Safety Inspections across the M25 DBFO Network,
the Highway Safety Inspectors are 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 is responsible for identifying and escalating defect information to the relevant network teams to manage the required hazard mitigations and defect repairs.

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

1. Full clean UK driving licence
2. Previous experience of working in a highway maintenance contract
3. Knowledge and experience of highway & Motorway defects
4. Knowledge of highway construction and repair requirements
5. Experienced in the use of Microsoft Office applications
6. CSCS site visitor card
7. City & Guilds 6033 – Highway Inspection (preferable) or equivalent.

CPS is a Joint Venture project with Balfour Beatty, AtkinsRéalis, and Egis. We operate and maintain the M25. The M25 is the busiest section of motorway in Europe and requires careful and efficient planning of work in order to deliver over £100m of annual investment in the highway infrastructure each year, in addition to planned and reactive maintenance activity.

If you have or are looking for a career in Highways, working on the M25 will give you experience and challenge that no other Highways project can offer.

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.

Location:

This is a hybrid role designed to fully maximize team collaboration on the project, we therefore expect a minimum of 60% of your time to be spent at a CPS offices.

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

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. To help embed inclusion for all, from day one, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.