Planned Maintenance Manager

About The Role

As the Planned Maintenance Manager North, you’ll oversee the safe and

efficient delivery of a c£3m Annual Maintenance Programme across the M25

network. Your team will be responsible for maintaining the linear assets

(pavement, VRS, barriers and fences, signs and lines) within your

geographical area.

Leading a team of approximately 40 maintenance staff and overseeing the

work of subcontractors, you’ll promote a culture where everyone is committed

to doing their work in the right way, with public safety always at the forefront.

You’ll proactively mitigate risks, conduct regular depot/site inspections, and

manage the safe deployment of resources.

You’ll also support the Defect Team to ensure the timely completion of

repairs and work closely with the Roadspace/Scheduling Hub to keep the

Programme on track. Additionally, you’ll manage the planned maintenance

budget for your area, track progress, and identify opportunities to reduce

costs.

Your effective leadership and focus on continuous improvement will ensure

the M25 network remains safe, resilient and in top condition.

What you'll be doing

Maintenance Management

• Manage the end-to-end delivery of the annual maintenance
  
  

programme within your area, ensuring activities are completed on

time and within budget.

• Ensure accurate data entry into the maintenance management
  
  

system and provide network knowledge to support in shaping the

annual maintenance plan.

• Work closely with the Roadspace/Scheduling Hub to monitor
  
  

roadspace status, aiming to keep the programme on track with

minimal changes and address issues as they arise.

• Identify opportunities for site sharing to enable efficient delivery of our
  
  

service.

• Define clear work requirements for each maintenance site to manage
  
  

network risks.

• Support the Reactive Maintenance Lead with the timely and efficient
  
  

completion of Cat 2.1 repairs by providing resources and identifying

works co-ordination opportunities.

• Continuously improve driver standards to meet key BB reporting
  
  

metrics.

• Actively monitor vehicle utilisation and oversee the management of
  
  

the vehicle fleet to ensure efficient use and maximisation of

availability.

• Support the Commercial team with supplier procurement and
  
  

performance management, fostering a resilient, high quality and cost-

effective maintenance supply chain.

• Ensure adequate supervision is in place for all works activities and
  
  

oversee the availability and efficient management of internal

resources for these activities.

• Participate in on-call rotas for Silver Command and Winter
  
  

Maintenance as required.

Safety And Compliance

• Lead the achievement of Zero Harm objectives, maintaining a safe
  
  

working environment for all employees and contractors.

• Oversee the safe and compliant delivery of maintenance activities,
  
  

including the deployment of workforce, vehicles, plant, and

equipment.

• Proactively identify and mitigate operational safety risks
• Conduct regular site and depot inspections, reporting on good
  
  

practices and areas for improvement.

• Monitor the standard of briefings delivered by supervisors, ensuring
  
  

all operatives receive face-to-face briefings before each shift and

records of briefings are maintained.

Who we're looking for

Experience in the delivery of highways maintenance operations or

similar transferable experience

Appropriate CSCS qualification

SMSTS qualification

Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously

Strong Leadership Skills And Experience Driving Performance And

productivity

Ability to adapt to and manage change, leading teams through

operational adjustments and ensuring smooth transitions

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?

Benefits

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• 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: [email protected]