Project Chargehand (2 Posts)

LAPV; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in East Midlands seeks an experienced Project Chargehand for its Highways Construction Services team. Responsibilities include supervising teams, ensuring safety on construction sites, and delivering projects within budget and time constraints. Ideal candidates will have a full driving license and experience in highways maintenance. Competitive benefits include training opportunities, annual leave, and overtime payments.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Professional development opportunities

Comprehensive wellbeing package

Qualifications

• Experience in managing construction teams and projects.
• Knowledge of highways and bridgeworks specifications.
• Experience in winter maintenance and adverse weather activities.

Responsibilities

• Supervise teams and subcontractors on construction sites.
• Manage safe site operations and implement safety systems.
• Ensure relationships with clients and the public are maintained.

Skills

Supervisory skills

Construction skills

Safety management

Team management

Education

Full driving licence LGV C, C+E, G

Job description

We’re looking for experienced Project Chargehands to be part of the Highways Construction Services team undertaking planned highway, bridge and related construction and reconstruction projects, all based within our beautiful county of Derbyshire.

You will be working in a high-profile area of the business that is front and centre in terms of the Council’s Service Plan forming part of a motivated team who strive to achieve improved performance in service delivery embracing new technologies and best working practices.

You be responsible for the successful delivery of allocated schemes, working with and supervising teams to complete work within prescribed timescales to the required standard, providing value for money.

What will you be doing?

• Supervising teams and subcontractors, allocating work, selecting the appropriate approach for the conditions, and ensuring specifications, budgetary constraints and quality standards are met.
• You’ll be responsible for managing construction sites, and controlling and directing safe site operations, including devising and implementing safe systems of work and undertaking and reviewing risk assessments.
• Using your ability to ensure good relationships with, and the safety of, the public, employees, clients, and contractors is essential, minimising disruption to travel as much as possible.
• You’ll be part of a mandatory rota to deliver adverse weather and emergency services and winter maintenance (gritting and snow clearing), outside normal working hours, for which you’ll received additional payment.

We’d like to hear from you if you have:

• A full driving licence LGV C, C+E, G
• Experience in a supervisory role and the ability to manage, motivate, mentor and develop a team
• Experience in Highways maintenance and construction services, including winter maintenance and adverse weather activities.
• The full range of construction skills including drainage, road resurfacing, manhole construction, kerbing works, fencing, flag and block laying, structural concreting, and patching
• Knowledge of the current highways and bridgeworks specifications, national contract conditions, and statutory regulations

These lists are not exhaustive, take a look at our comprehensive job profile for more detail.

What we offer you:

• 25 days of annual leave (plus another 5 with 5 years of continuous service)
• A friendly and supportive working environment
• Derbyshire based work locations
• The opportunity to develop yourself and your career with ongoing training opportunities
• Regular standard working hours (typically 8:00am until 4:00pm)
• Additional overtime and standby payments for working out of hours
• DefinedBenefitLocalGovernmentPensionScheme
• A comprehensive wellbeing package including physio, counselling & occupational health
• Discountonleisurecentrememberships
• And muchmore.

For more information on other vacancies in our Highways team, the wonderful work we do and the benefits we can offer simply visit;www.derbyshire.gov.uk/highwaysjobs

Provisional Interview Date: 05 August 2025

To apply please click theApply Nowlink below.