This
is an exciting opportunity to be part of the team that manages and improves one
of the busiest motorways in Europe - the M25.
Balfour
Beatty is part of a consortium that comprises Connect Plus Services (CPS),
together with Atkins and Egis Road Operations UK.
CPS has a 30-year contract with Connect Plus on behalf of Highways England. The contract,
which started in September 2009, is to maintain and operate the M25 motorway
network, including all adjoining trunk and slip roads, a network of 440km
across six counties. CPS also has responsibility for the Dartford River
Crossing in Kent, comprising both Dartford Tunnels and the Queen Elizabeth II
Bridge.
With a staff of around 600 people, based at seven locations across the network,
CPS carries out routine maintenance and whole-life management of the thousands
of M25 assets. CPS manages the operation of the network 24 hours a day, 365
days a year, including a severe weather season maintenance programme. CPS is
identifying ways of reducing delays and improving journey time reliability
across its road network.
The role will cover a
range of end to end Asset Management activities:
·
Support
development and planning of an integrated programme of Bridge Inspections,
Structural Monitoring and Investigation;
·
Support
Inspection Team in developing scope for inspections and review of inspections;
·
Development
and review of Risk Assessment and Method Statements for inspections;
·
Development
of methodology for inspections including the application of risk based principles
and use of new technology;
·
Production
of Structures Routine Maintenance Schedules;
·
Implementing
programmes of work for Post-Tensioned Special Inspections, Half-joints and
other structural investigations;
·
Support
development of the Asset Management Forward Plan, 5 year Rolling Asset
Management Forward Plan and 30 year Rolling Asset Management Forward Plan;
·
Use
and update of the Asset Management Systems including improving the accuracy of structures
inventory data in the Routine Maintenance Management System;
·
Collaboration
with Scheme and Service Delivery Teams in planning of the delivery of
inspections and surveys;
·
Attendance
at call-outs for the management of emergency incidents involving specified
assets.
