Job Description

About the role
Are you looking for a hands-on, rewarding career that offers long-term stability, growth, and purpose, without compromising your work-life balance? With 15 years remaining on this major infrastructure project, this is your chance to join a committed team maintaining one of the UK's most critical transport networks - the M25. This role offers structured shift patterns, providing clarity and consistency so you can plan your time with confidence, knowing your wellbeing matters.
Connect Plus services are seeking to appoint a Street Lighting Engineer to join our team on the M25 DBFO project. . This position involves undertaking design projects, managing timelines and external consultants, and ensuring effective communication among team members, the supply chain and internal and external stakeholders.
What you'll be doing

• Assist in planning, organizing, and overseeing design projects from concept to completion, ensuring they are delivered on time and within budget.

• Undertaking lighting designs using Lighting Reality design or similar software.

• Prepare and maintain design documentation, including project briefs, timelines, and works information. Ensure all files are organized and accessible.

• Management of external consultants undertaking designs.

• Review design outputs for accuracy and consistency, ensuring they align with project goals, the DMRB and relevant standards.

• Collect and organize feedback from the supply chain, client, and internal teams, ensuring it is communicated effectively.

• Stay updated on the DMRB and Change in Standards and best practices, sharing insights with the team to achieve solutions.

Who we're looking for

• Bachelor's degree in a Electrical or related field preferred.

• ILP Exterior Lighting Diploma preferred.

• Proven experience in a Highway Lighting projects.

• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• Familiarity with the DMRB, MCHW and British and European regulations and standards.

• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

• Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and timelines.

• Passion for design and a desire to contribute to a creative team.

• Be a member of a professional body.

• Be professionally qualified or working towards professional 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.
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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