Programme jobs in United Kingdom

Company: Balfour Beatty plc

This role supports the Project Delivery team through scheduling, coordinating and booking road space for delivery of Project Delivery works. The post holder will work closely with the various other members of the CPS business to understand the programme of works and identify opportunities for sharing of road space and traffic management. Where coordination is not possible, they will make road space bookings as required, ensuring compliance with the CPS Road Space Booking procedures.

Location: Can be based at Dartford, Leatherhead or South Mimms depot.

• Work closely with the Inspections Lead, Asset team counterparts and Inspectors to understand the annual programme of structures and linear inspections.
• Liaise with Inspectors to seek opportunities to group works together geographically to enable sharing of road space and traffic management costs.
• Submit road space bookings using the CPS NOMS system for bookings where sharing of road space is not possible.
• Assess inspection requirements and the booking of specialist plant (MEWP’s) to undertake inspections.
• Participate in road space coordination meetings, ensuring that bookings are made in sufficient time and that outstanding information is provided in a timely manner.
• Liaise with TfL and local authorities as necessary to obtain permissions for road closures and diversions.
• Ensure that all works have the required Traffic Management resource allocated.

• HNC/HND or equivalent qualification desirable.
• Well organised with the ability to plan own workload in an efficient manner.
• Strong IT skills including confidence to learn to use new systems.
• Experience of working in a project environment desirable.
• Ability to consider customer impact of own work.
• Experience of planning structures inspections.

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

• 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.

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.

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. We are also committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are a Disability Confident Employer and actively encourage applications from armed forces personnel, veterans and reservists.