Senior Site Supervisor

Essex Highways; Crewe; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading highways service provider in the UK seeks a Senior Site Supervisor to oversee civil engineering projects. You will ensure compliance with contract requirements while managing budgets and safety standards. The role offers opportunities for career development and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Sick Pay

Competitive Salary

Extra Leave Purchase

Discounts via RJ Rewards

Life Assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in budgeting and change management for civil engineering projects.
• Background in highway engineering and knowledge of statutory processes.

Responsibilities

• Oversee delivery of planned and reactive works, ensuring compliance with NEC contract requirements.
• Ensure health, safety, and welfare of personnel under supervision.
• Produce daily site supervision reports.

Skills

Budgeting

Change Management

Health and Safety

Highway Engineering

Job description

As the Senior Site Supervisor, you will play a key role in overseeing the delivery of both planned and reactive works, including emergency responses. Reporting to the Construction Team Leader, you will manage a range of projects—both major and minor—ensuring full compliance with NEC contract requirements, while effectively managing budgets, change controls, and project timelines.

Your primary responsibility will be to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of all personnel under your supervision, including direct staff, operatives, and supply chain partners. You will maintain the highest standards of quality and safety, leading by example and ensuring all operational activities align with company policies, strategic objectives, and relevant industry regulations.

The Role

• Ensure programmes are delivered to key milestones across the contract.
• Provide design guidance to other teams.
• Monitor delivery to ensure work is carried out in accordance with business policies and procedures.
• Self-manage priorities and workload across the Borough.
• Produce daily site supervision reports.

About You

• Proven experience in budgeting, change management, and the delivery of major and minor civil engineering projects, including resurfacing and highway works.
• Background in highway engineering, with expertise in the design, implementation, and maintenance of works, including statutory processes such as NRSWA.
• Knowledge of construction materials used in highways and relevant standards, including MCHW and DMRB.
• Understanding of health and safety legislation, including CDM regulations and industry codes of practice.
• Familiarity with NEC contracts and legal frameworks such as the Land Drainage Act.

At Ringway Jacobs we recognise that our people make the difference, and in order to do what we do well, particular care is taken in nurturing and investing in our people. That’s why you will always be given the opportunity to utilise your expertise and develop your career.

Ringway Jacobs recognises the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements across many of our roles. We therefore welcome applications from people looking for an alternative working pattern e.g. part-time hours, job share etc. Please let us know on your CV or cover letter if this is what you are looking for.

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.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments to be made as part of the application process please contact us directly.

We have a dedicated recruitment team and politely request that agencies refrain from contacting anyone across our businesses with regards to speculative CV’s or offering to assist with our vacancies, thank you.

Benefits

At Ringway Jacobs we recognise that our people make the difference, and in order to do what we do well, particular care is taken in nurturing and investing in our people. That’s why you will always be given the opportunity to utilise your expertise and develop your career.

Ringway Jacobs recognises the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements across many of our roles. We therefore welcome applications from people looking for an alternative working pattern e.g. part-time hours, job share etc. Please let us know on your CV or cover letter if this is what you are looking for.

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.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments to be made as part of the application process please contact us directly.

We have a dedicated recruitment team and politely request that agencies refrain from contacting anyone across our businesses with regards to speculative CV’s or offering to assist with our vacancies, thank you.

Please click on the following link for more information on this role: Job Description