Reactive Access Planner

Reactive Access Planner – Balfour Beatty – Connect Plus Services (CPS)

Location:

Dartford, Leatherhead or South Mimms

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Connect Plus Services (CPS) team, supporting the M25 London Orbital Motorway project. CPS is a joint venture between Balfour Beatty, Atkins and Egis, responsible for operating and maintaining the M25—Europe’s busiest motorway. Delivering over £100 m of annual investment, alongside planned and reactive maintenance, this is a complex and high‑profile network requiring robust and efficient planning.

If you are building a career in highways, this role offers exposure to one of the UK’s most challenging and dynamic infrastructure environments.

• Planning and coordinating access for reactive works across the network
• Liaising with internal teams, clients, and stakeholders to agree access arrangements
• Ensuring all access requests meet safety and compliance standards
• Managing changes to plans and responding quickly to operational challenges
• Maintaining accurate records and documentation of access

• Previous experience in a planning, scheduling or access planning role (utilities, rail or highways desirable)
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities
• Good understanding of health & safety requirements in a live operational environment
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to work under pressure and respond to reactive demands
• Experience with stakeholder engagement, particularly local authorities or similar organisations

• 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 that include 28 weeks full‑pay maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full‑pay paternity/partner leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Interested? Apply and become part of a team delivering one of the UK’s most critical highways networks, where your work will make a real, visible impact every day.