Your New Role

We have a fantastic opportunity for a permanent Highways Supervisor to join our Area 12 account in Sprotbrough This is an onsite role.

Area 12 is working in partnership with Highways England since June 2021. Area 12 is made up of 476km dual carriageway, 179km single carriageway and 1,963 structures.

We provide routine, cyclic and winter maintenance and response across Yorkshire and Humberside, also overseeing traffic management during incidents and the operation of the ten maintenance depots in the region.

Ensuring our roads are well- maintained and well- managed, through all-weather seasons we aim to help reduce traffic incidents and severity of road accidents as well as ensure road user of Yorkshire and Humberside feel safer.

The Highways Supervisor plays an important part in assisting the Operational Team and Ganger by managing all routine and reactive maintenance activities of emergency response operations. This will be done through the planning and supervision of schemes throughout the network to deliver the works safely, to the required quality, on programme and within budget.

The standard hours of work are 40 hours per week Monday – Friday, with overnight & weekend working as required by the business.

You will be responsible for:

Carrying out site visits to ensure work is being completed safely, to the required standards and in accordance with the work programme and carrying out HSEA site inspections in accordance with contract instructions. Provide any technical support to the team as necessary
Briefing the team via regular toolbox talks and safety briefings, ensuring PPE is adhered to correctly and carrying out site safety and environmental inspections in accordance with the contract requirements
Ensuring that the team accurately records all work carried out on their PDA so that correct claims can be submitted to the client, ensuring all work is carried out in accordance with the CDM
Arranging the correct materials and traffic management set ups, ensuring they are in place for the team to complete their work, in accordance with the specification, and with minimal waste
Confirming that the team have the SHARC permit, and stats plans when required and that they are training in the use of Cat and Genny
Preparing duty rotas for winter service and emergency call outs. Arranging and processing overtime and timesheets, ensuring compliance with the SOM principals. In liaison with OCR, ensure that employees are not programmed to work hours in contravention of the working time directive and to ensure correct matching of resources and work
Promoting a positive approach about our immediate community and workforce

We want to hear from you if you have a good commercial awareness from your previous experience of Highways Maintenance contracts. Your detailed operational knowledge supports your team management skills, helping with excellent organisational and communication abilities. It is essential that you are willing to work outside in all weather conditions and hold a valid UK driving licence for this role.

Ideally you will be qualified in CDM Awareness with experience in CAT Scanner (Highways) and environmental awareness.

In addition to this, it would be desirable if you have NRSWA Supervisor or NVQ level 3 or City & Guilds qualifications to help you hit the ground running, although this is not essential as we will provide you with the required development you need to bring you up to speed.

What we offer you

When you join us, we can offer flexibility, career development, a choice of benefits and support that help you through all life’s ups and downs. It’s the reason why Investors in People put us among the top 1% of employers and we have a competitive reward and benefits program

Career Development - Exceptional development and progression plan
Pension – Generous Pension scheme which we will contribute to
Holidays - Minimum 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays
Choices - Our flexible benefits scheme is tailored by you, including buying additional annual leave, cycle2work scheme, charity giving and gym membership
Save with Amey - Our online voucher portal gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in. It includes healthcare, free GP service, dental vouchers
Social Value - You’ll get 2 Community Involvement Days each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice and further opportunities to support fundraising initiatives
Company Car / Car allowance

We embrace difference and support individuals to work in ways that work best for them.

We are committed to working sustainably and by working in partnership with the communities we serve, so people and the planet are protected.

At Amey, you have freedom to perform because we know if nothing holds you back, together, we can be extraordinary.

Who is Amey?

We are at the heart of modern Britain, helping the economy to grow by designing, maintaining and transforming the nation’s strategic assets.
Our 11,000 people are behind the critical services the country relies on every day.
Our unique engineering and operations experience, together with data driven insight from our consulting business, delivers better results for our clients.
We are trusted partners of Government – both national and local – managing assets and complex projects that are vital to the sustainable growth of the country.

To find out more take a look at our website www.amey.co.uk

Application Guidance

Amey is committed to Inclusion and Diversity. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Please contact our recruitment team at [email protected] to discuss any access needs and reasonable adjustments that may be required at any point during the recruitment process.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the closing date should we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Apply today – We are excited to hear from you!

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