About the RoleAt Balfour Beatty Highways, we don’t just maintain roads — we help shape the future of transport. As part of our mission to create connected, safe and thriving communities, we manage and operate major highway networks across the UK, delivering high-quality consultancy, asset strategy and planning services to both public and private sector clients.
We now have an exciting opportunity to join our Connect Plus Services (CPS) team as a Technology Technician, based in Dartford.
In this role, you’ll be at the forefront of maintaining and repairing vital technology on the M25 — one of the UK’s busiest and most important roads. From CCTV and emergency telephones to message signs, signals and traffic detection systems, you’ll work hands-on with the infrastructure that keeps millions of journeys running smoothly and safely.
With another 15 years remaining on this project, this isn’t just a job — it’s a long-term career opportunity offering real stability. You’ll be supported to grow, develop your skills, and play an essential role in a fast-paced and future-focused environment.
If you hold a recognised Electronic or Technology Qualification or Apprenticeship and are ready for your next exciting challenge, we’d love to hear from you. What You’ll Be Doing
In this role, you’ll be part of a team dedicated to keeping vital technology across the network safe, reliable, and performing at its best. Your work will be varied, hands-on, and rewarding, giving you the opportunity to make a real impact every day.
You will:
Always work with safety front of mind, following our Zero Harm process.
Deliver a customer-focused and commercially aware approach to every task.
Ensure systems are maintained and repaired efficiently, meeting all contractual timescales.
Accurately capture and input data into NH Service Now to keep records reliable.
Attend faults, knockdowns, and reactive maintenance issues, reinstating sites, cables, and equipment when needed.
Carry out planned and reactive maintenance, including participation in the shift and on-call rota.
Take responsibility for ensuring all faults and planned works are completed on time.
Manage employer’s stores, ensuring stock is booked in and out correctly.
Help maintain the communications infrastructure to agreed standards.
Record and escalate any health and safety concerns to your line manager promptly.
Use your time and vehicle efficiently while working across the network.
Who We’re Looking For – Key Requirements
We’re looking for someone who brings technical skill, a safety-first mindset, and a willingness to grow. If you’re passionate about hands-on work that makes a difference, we want to hear from you.
Recognised qualification or apprenticeship in Electronics or Technology
Comfortable with IT systems and digital tools
Ideally holds (or is willing to train for): MEWPs certification NHSS8 (National Highway Sector Scheme 8) Traffic Management Confined Spaces entry CSCS Safety Card If you don’t meet every requirement but feel this role is a great fit, we encourage you to apply — we value attitude and potential as much as experience. 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, AtkinsRealis, 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, AtkinsRealis, 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/ 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
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