Structures Inspector

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BBUK12643

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About the role

At Connect Plus Services, we ensure the safety and integrity of the South of the M25 Network, and as a Structures Inspector, you will play a key role in delivering General and Principal Inspections. You will independently plan and conduct inspections, collaborate with key stakeholders, and utilise new technologies to enhance efficiency. With safety at our core, you’ll uphold our Zero Harm values, support defect management, and respond to emergencies. This is your chance to drive innovation, ensure safer roads, and shape the future of UK transport infrastructure.

 

Location: Leatherhead, South Mimms, or Dartford offices, with travel across the M25 network.

 

What you’ll be doing

 

    • Managing and planning their own programmes of work including Principal Inspections, General Inspections and Special Inspections throughout the network to specific timeframes and published requirements.
    • Liaising with the Roadspace Co-ordinator to ensure roadspace, traffic management and access arrangements are in place.
    • Developing Desktop Studies of structures to provide specific methodologies for inspections including inventory and defect reviews, access requirements and constraints and general reviews of methodologies and procedures.
    • Development and review of structures specific Work Package Plans including Risk Assessments and Method Statements for inspections.
    • Carrying out inspections and recording information to best practise in accordance with the requirements of the M25 DBFO Contract, The Inspection Manual for Highway Structures, CS-450 and bespoke guidelines.
    • Flexible working hours prepared to undertake night working or irregular hours for the delivery of inspections.
    • Support in the application of risk-based principles and use of new technology in inspections.
    • Reporting of inspections into the M25 Asset Management System including use of mobile inspection applications during inspections.
    • Collaboration with Scheme and Service Delivery Teams in planning of the delivery of inspections and surveys.
    • Support Engineering team in management of critical defects identified in inspections.
    • Attendance at callouts for the management of emergency incidents
      involving specified assets.

 

Who we’re looking for

Essential:

    • Experience in working within Structures Inspections to CS450.
    • Experience of working on the Strategic Road Network.
    • CSCS Card
    • IPAF

Desirable:

    • Knowledge of working within rail possessions.
    • SSSTS Qualification.

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?

 

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.

 

Location:

This is a hybrid role designed to fully maximize team collaboration on the project, we offer flexible working where you will typically be working from your base CPS office, Leatherhead, Dartford or South Mimms up to three days per week and two days from home.

 

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.