Senior Highway Maintenance Lead

Ringway; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Ringway is recruiting a Senior Supervisor to join our Kent Highways contract. You will lead reactive and routine highway maintenance works, ensuring safety, quality and efficiency while delivering on contract requirements.

Reporting to the Area Manager, you will oversee Supervisors and Operatives, drive performance, mentor development, and secure strong stakeholder relationships with clients to achieve KPIs and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Proven experience within highways maintenance or a similar operational environment.
• Strong leadership skills with experience managing multi-level teams.
• Good understanding of reactive and routine maintenance delivery.
• Knowledge of health, safety, and compliance requirements.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Proactive, organised, and solutions-focused approach.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage supervisors and operational teams across the contract.
• Oversee the delivery of reactive and planned maintenance works.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental standards.
• Monitor performance, productivity, and quality of works delivered.
• Support the Area Manager in achieving contract KPIs and objectives.
• Build strong working relationships with stakeholders and clients.
• Drive continuous improvement and operational efficiencies.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Health and safety

Stakeholder management

Communication

Problem solving

Job description

Ringway is recruiting a Senior Supervisor to join our Kent Highways contract. You will lead reactive and routine highway maintenance works, ensuring safety, quality and efficiency while delivering on contract requirements.

Reporting to the Area Manager, you will oversee Supervisors and Operatives, drive performance, mentor development, and secure strong stakeholder relationships with clients to achieve KPIs and continuous improvement.