Highways Supervisor

Advance TRS; Wealden; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Advance TRS is recruiting a Highways Projects Supervisor based in East Sussex to lead site teams on major highway projects. You will oversee safety, programme delivery and quality across civils works, coordinating subcontractors, materials and traffic management.

The role requires SSSTS/SMSTS or equivalent, CSCS and NRSWA supervisor accreditation, plus strong communication with clients and stakeholders to maintain public confidence throughout delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising site teams or subcontractors in highways, civils, public realm, paving or similar infrastructure environments.
• Experience using RAMS, task briefings, permits, inspections and daily records to control site delivery.
• Experience working in a client-facing or public-facing environment where communication, customer impact and stakeholder confidence are important.

Responsibilities

• Safe delivery and setting people to work.
• Set operatives and subcontractors to work with clear scope, task briefings, risk controls and quality expectations.
• Confirm those undertaking activities have the required competence, induction, task briefing and permits before work starts.
• Review RAMS, permits, temporary works controls and site constraints before commencing activities.
• Stop work and elevate where conditions, behaviours or competence do not support safe delivery.
• Coordinate labour, plant, materials, access, traffic management, associated assets and supply chain resources to achieve short-term plans.
• Maintain daily records, progress updates, photographs, site diaries and production information to support commercial and programme reporting.
• Manage local site constraints and interfaces, escalating risks, blockers and changes promptly to the Project Manager.
• Lead quality checks, inspection and test requirements, hold points and handover records for assigned works.
• Ensure works are delivered in accordance with approved drawings, specifications, permits, contract requirements and local standards.
• Identify defects, non-conformances and incomplete works early, ensuring corrective action is agreed, recorded and closed out.
• Provide clear direction and coaching to site teams, developing competence and consistent ways of working.
• Maintain professional communication with clients, supply chain, stakeholders and the public during works.
• Support a culture of Zero Harm, collaboration, inclusion, continuous improvement and respectful working.

Skills

Highways works

Site supervision

Quality assurance

Commercial awareness

Digital documentation

Job description

Highways Projects Supervisor based in East Sussex.

Reports to: Project Manager / Senior Project Manager / Construction Manager

Experience

• Experience supervising site teams or subcontractors in highways, civils, public realm, paving or similar infrastructure environments.
• Experience using RAMS, task briefings, permits, inspections and daily records to control site delivery.
• Experience working in a client-facing or public-facing environment where communication, customer impact and stakeholder confidence are important.

Accountabilities

• Safe delivery and setting people to work
• Set operatives and subcontractors to work with clear scope, task briefings, risk controls and quality expectations.
• Confirm those undertaking activities have the required competence, induction, task briefing and permits before work starts.
• Review RAMS, permits, temporary works controls and site constraints before commencing activities.
• Stop work and elevate where conditions, behaviours or competence do not support safe delivery.

Project delivery and programme control

• Coordinate labour, plant, materials, access, traffic management, associated assets and supply chain resources to achieve short-term plans.
• Maintain daily records, progress updates, photographs, site diaries and production information to support commercial and programme reporting.
• Manage local site constraints and interfaces, escalating risks, blockers and changes promptly to the Project Manager.

Quality management and right-first-time delivery

• Lead quality checks, inspection and test requirements, hold points and handover records for assigned works.
• Ensure works are delivered in accordance with approved drawings, specifications, permits, contract requirements and local standards.
• Identify defects, non-conformances and incomplete works early, ensuring corrective action is agreed, recorded and closed out.

People, stakeholder and customer focus

• Provide clear direction and coaching to site teams, developing competence and consistent ways of working.
• Maintain professional communication with clients, supply chain, stakeholders and the public during works.
• Support a culture of Zero Harm, collaboration, inclusion, continuous improvement and respectful working.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Core skills and knowledge

• Highways construction, maintenance or improvement works including excavation, reinstatement, surfacing, kerbing, paving, assets, street furniture and associated civil engineering activities.
• Ability to plan, brief, supervise and record daily works in a live highway environment.
• Understanding of quality assurance, inspection records, hold points, as-built information and defect management.
• Awareness of commercial implications of site decisions, records, delays, change and dayworks.
• Confident use of digital tools for site records, programming, photographs and document control.

Essential competency requirements - subject to local role confirmation

• SSSTS or SMSTS, or company‑approved equivalent supervisory qualification.
• CSCS card aligned to the supervisory role and work environment.
• NRSWA Supervisor accreditation where supervising street works activities.
• EUSR Safe Digging / Avoiding Underground Services or equivalent for breaking ground and service avoidance.
• Temporary traffic management awareness or relevant sector scheme competence for the works being supervised.
• First Aid at Work or Emergency First Aid, as required by project risk assessment.
• Relevant competency for highways activities supervised, for example highways assets, paving, surfacing, kerbing, associated assets, lifting awareness, confined space awareness, CAT and Genny, or temporary works awareness where applicable.
• Full UK driving licence where travel between sites is a core requirement of the role.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status