Depot Manager – M25 – Leatherhead

As a Depot Manager, you’ll be responsible for overseeing the delivery of on-road operational activities within your allocated area of the M25 network. Your leadership will ensure smooth operations, effective problem-solving, and consistent achievement of performance targets. Leading a team of Supervisors and Operatives, you’ll foster a strong safety-first culture—ensuring that all work is carried out safely, professionally, and to a high standard. You’ll make sure your teams are well-briefed, working efficiently, and equipped with the right resources to succeed. You’ll also be responsible for managing various inspection regimes, ensuring that the quality of work meets agreed standards. In addition, you’ll contribute to incident management as part of the Silver Manager rota. Your strong leadership and commitment to continuous improvement will help ensure the long-term success of the M25—keeping it safe, resilient, and in excellent condition.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Ensure the quality of work undertaken and drive productivity.
• Monitor Key Performance Indicator (KPI) performance.
• Oversee accurate data capture for all completed maintenance and incident works.
• Manage depot facilities, vehicles, plant, and equipment safely and efficiently.
• Ensure sufficient resources for on-road operations, incident responses, and both reactive and planned maintenance activities.
• Participate in the Silver Manager rota and manage emergency incidents at Silver level.
• Take responsibility for managing winter maintenance at the depot, including vehicles, stock, and rotas.
• Deliver effective daily briefings and ensure records of briefings are maintained.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant systems, processes, and procedures.
• Develop and maintain Risk Assessment and Method Statements (RAMS) related to incident responses.
• Conduct regular inspections of site and depot activities, reporting on both good practices and areas for improvement.
• Carry out safety tours and provide feedback on ‘Don’t Walk By’ observations.
• Support Zero Harm objectives through proactive hazard and risk management.
• Manage and develop a high-performing team by providing clarity of responsibilities, monitoring performance, and supporting development.
• Ensure team members are fully trained and equipped for their roles.
• Oversee depot staff schedules, including annual leave, overtime, and sickness.
• Conduct Performance Development Reviews (PDRs) and implement Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs) when needed.
• Champion talent development and succession planning to build a strong, future-ready team.
• Promote a collaborative culture through regular communication and knowledge sharing.
• Lead timely and thorough investigations into any HR, health and safety, or damage/misuse incidents.
• Continuously evaluate operations to identify improvement opportunities, using data to drive innovation and efficiency.
• Support the achievement of lean and sustainability targets.
• Report management information related to operational performance and delivery activities.

Who We’re Looking For

• Experience in highways maintenance operations or a similar environment.
• Proven team leadership and management experience, with a focus on driving performance and productivity.
• A strong customer focus and commitment to high-quality service delivery.

Why Work for Us?

At Connect Plus Services (CPS), you’ll be part of a world-class team maintaining and operating the M25, Europe’s busiest motorway. As a joint venture between Balfour Beatty, Atkins, and Egis, we play a vital role in keeping millions of journeys moving safely and efficiently.

A Career Like No Other

Working on the M25 offers unrivalled experience, challenges, and opportunities that no other highways project can provide. You’ll be exposed to cutting-edge technology, large-scale infrastructure, and complex engineering solutions, making every day dynamic and rewarding.

Long-Term Stability & Growth

With 15+ years remaining on this project, we offer career stability, professional development, and progression opportunities. Whether you’re looking to build new skills or take the next step in your career, we invest in your growth.

A Supportive & Inclusive Team

At CPS, your contributions matter. We foster a diverse, inclusive, and collaborative work environment where safety, innovation, and teamwork drive everything we do.

About us

CPS is a joint venture between Balfour Beatty, Atkins, and Egis. At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business.

To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at.

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. 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.

Inspiring: Champions curiosity and continuous improvement, role modelling change and managing risks to achieve project outcomes.

Energising: Role models positive and energised project focused attitudes towards and continuous improvement.

Challenging: Seeks and advocates improvements to add value and drive continuous performance.

Challengeable: Encourage a culture of skilled challenging and seek to understand and explore challenge to enable improvement.

Influencing: Builds commitment and consensus, and role models CPS leadership behaviours to deliver our goals.

Location: This is a hybrid role designed to fully maximise 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.