Safety Barrier Asset Manager - M25 - Potters bar

About the role

Connect Plus Services (CPS) is a joint venture contract made up of Balfour Beatty Civil
Engineering, AtkinsRéalis and Egis. The contract maintains and operates the M25 DBFO including surrounding roads on behalf of National Highways and provides an excellent opportunity to work on one of the busiest networks in Europe.

The Structures Asset comprises over 2500 individual structures ranging from small span structures to the QEII Bridge at the Dartford River Crossing, and also includes vehicle restraint systems incorporating 440km of road network.

The role of Structure VRS Asset Manager shall provide a range of duties as listed
below.

• They are expected to apply continuous improvement in the holistic asset understanding, inspection, data-capture, risk assessment and prioritisation procedures, high-level planning and residual risk monitoring.


• They shall be accountable for the management of their direct reports to achieve the responsibilities above, together with managing relationships with supporting asset teams - especially asset data and investment planning teams.


• Responsible for training others to achieve asset management outputs and requirements. This shall include robust documentation (plans, procedures and protocols), training material and first-hand guidance.


• Responsible for promoting best practice methods, procedures and protocols within the organisation, parent companies and wider industry.


• They shall also hold delivery and maintenance teams to account where appropriate, acting as an internal client to these functions.

All working closely with the Head of Structures, and representatives from Connect Plus and National Highways to ensure transparent lines of communications to deliver a safe and reliable service

What you'll be doing

• Responsible for assessing asset intervention priority to align with asset performance risk assessments and developing a long-term asset intervention strategy and plan to achieve handback tests.


• Provide intelligence for asset performance and key reporting metrics to allow direct visibility of current and future condition expectations and trends.


• Review and challenge inspection methodologies, programmes and outcomes to ensure data captured through the inspection process is to sufficient quality and programme. Developing clear guidance and assessment criteria for defects, allowing inspectors to appropriately assess and categorise defects on identification, plus enhancing condition methodology and reviewing inspection outcomes to ensure asset condition information is accurate, aligned to inventory and fully representative of condition handback test requirements.


• Developing the medium- and short-term intervention and asset maintenance plans to demonstrate recommendations that minimise network risk, and ensuring these plans reflect acceptable risk projections for network operations and ensuring customer experience is not negatively impacted by the asset.


• Working collaboratively with the Asset Data Team to ensure the requirements of the data strategy are met and that all relevant aspects of maintenance are accurately input into the RMMS.


• Responsible for periodically reporting against asset metrics, aspects of reduced performance, root cause of defects and organisational improvement areas.


• Undertake Client liaison to promote the recommended plan, fully communicating asset risk levels and future projections, residual risk areas, and opportunities to maximise value to the Client, network and handback tests.

Who we're looking for

Qualifications/ skills/ experience:

• Experience of highways & bridge asset management and an understanding of inspection and maintenance activities.


• Experience with using the RWSC, DMRB and SHW.


• Experience of working within the Strategic Road Network, with National Highways.


• Competent in the use of Microsoft Office applications including Excel.


• Knowledge with the concept of key performance indicators.


• Willingness to apply skills to new and evolving asset management systems and tools.


• Understanding of Asset Management Systems (e.g IAMIS, etc).


• Understanding of working in an NH Area type contract.

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 M 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

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:

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