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Are you experienced in highway maintenance or construction?

Do you have a good understanding of construction and maintenance activities, and the associated health and safety requirements?

Then National Highways have the role for you!

We’re looking for Site Supervisors to come and join our team based in the Midlands to undertake construction supervision and assurance inspections and oversee H&S compliance on highway major maintenance and minor improvement schemes being delivered by Scheme Delivery Framework (SDF), Category Management (CatMan), Maintenance and Response (M&R) and third-party contractors across the region.

Please note additional and/or unsociable working hours including night working will be required for which there will be paid overtime and/or an out of hours allowance. You will be required to drive as part of this role, and you will need to have a full clean driving license to be considered for this role and during employment.

We have vacancies available across our offices and depots in Birmingham, Nottingham, Kettering, Telford, Stafford, Worcester, and Warwick.

What you’ll be leading on

• Assuring the completion of planned works to the required standard including compliance with the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges, and Manual of Contract Documents for Highways Works.
• Verifying contractors comply with HSE legislation including the CDM regulations, as well as verifying temporary traffic management is installed in accordance with approved layouts.
• Supervision and inspection of works in accordance with contractual teams and escalating on-site issues that need resolving to the Construction Assurance Manager (CAM).
• Providing CAMs with regular feedback on scheme coordination, risks, and design related issues, as well as liaising with Commercial & Procurement teams to provide information on early warnings and compensation events.
• Monitoring supply chain partners to ensure works are proceeding in accordance with the accepted programme.
• Identifying, in consultation with CAMs and contractors, improvements which eliminate or reduce construction related risks and identifying and managing the rectification of defects.
• Proactively identify opportunities for efficiencies during the construction of schemes.

To be successful

• Highways and structures construction and maintenance experience
• Knowledge and experience of site-based processes and procedures for health & safety, environmental and quality management
• Good understanding of the Specification for Highway Works, Chapter 8 and CDM Regulations
• Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) or Site Supervisor Safety Training Scheme (SSSTS)
• Good communication and interpersonal skills along with a strong customer focus
• Computer literate with knowledge of MS Office 365 programmes

Want to know more?

For a copy of the Job Description please contact [email protected] quoting reference 1622