Highways Supervisor

Essex Highways; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading highways service provider as a Construction Supervisor, where you will oversee subcontractors and ensure the safe and efficient delivery of construction schemes across Essex. This role involves supervising various projects, including machine surfacing and footway reconstruction, while maintaining compliance with health and safety regulations. Your expertise will be crucial in delivering projects on time and within budget, contributing to the overall success of the team. If you are passionate about construction and looking to make a difference in your community, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Sick Pay

Competitive salary

Extra leave purchase option

Discounts via RJ Rewards app

Life Assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Pension scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in supervising construction sites and ensuring compliance with safety regulations.
• Proficient in managing projects within budget and time constraints.

Responsibilities

• Supervise construction projects ensuring safety and quality standards.
• Collaborate with team members and stakeholders for project success.

Skills

Supervision of Construction sites

Health and Safety Regulations

Traffic Management

Construction materials and methods

Risk Assessments and Method Statements

Education

Experience in the construction industry

Experience with highways construction

Job description

In this role, reporting to a senior team member, you’ll oversee subcontractors to ensure safe, high-quality, and environmentally compliant delivery of construction schemes across Essex. As part of the Construction department’s capital works team, you’ll supervise projects such as machine surfacing, surface treatments, and footway reconstruction, keeping detailed records of site activities. Your experience will be key to delivering projects on time and within budget while meeting company standards and industry best practices. You’ll also collaborate closely with team members, other departments, and our supply chain to achieve these goals.

The Role

1. Supervise allocated works within the annual programme of works
2. Ensure that projects are delivered safely, on time, and to budget
3. Ensure that all projects comply with Health and Safety Regulations and CDM requirements
4. Follow RJ’s Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality Procedures at all times
5. Review Risk Assessments, Method Statements and COSHH

Minimum Requirements

1. Experience working in the construction industry, preferably Highways.
2. Proficient in Supervision of Construction sites.
3. Experience undertaking construction work in the vicinity of underground services preferred.
4. Experience in the supervision or operation of traffic management preferred.
5. Experience with carriageway & footway construction (materials and methods) preferred.

Benefits

In return for your hard work you will receive:

• Sick Pay
• Competitive salary
• Opportunity to purchase up to 5 days extra leave
• A variety of discounts through our “RJ Rewards” app, including restaurants, holidays, days out etc.
• Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Pension scheme

The Company

We are Ringway Jacobs, a leading highways service provider working with local authorities across the UK. Formed in 2005, specifically to provide road network management solutions to local government, our unique blend of engineering capability, innovation and customer care make us the best in class. We support over 10,000 miles of highways, 10,000 miles of footway, almost 7,800 miles of public rights of way and 242,000 street lights. We excel in delivering safe, sustainable service excellence, through our passion, integrity and collaborative culture.

Ringway Jacobs is an equal opportunities employer. We wish to ensure equality of opportunity in employment and the fair treatment of all our employees.

If you require further details, please contact our Recruitment Team on 0330 311 2502 or e-mail them on [e-mail], or click on the “Apply Now” button. This will take you to a login page, where you will need to create an account to continue your application. Once you have created an account you will be able to see where your application is up to and apply for other opportunities within Ringway Jacobs.

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