Site Supervisor

National Highways; Bedford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A public infrastructure management company is seeking a Site Supervisor in Bedford. This role is crucial for overseeing major maintenance and minor improvements on the motorway network, ensuring compliance with safety regulations, and liaising with project managers and contractors. Ideal candidates will have proven experience in highway maintenance, knowledge of relevant standards, and necessary certifications. Overtime and allowances are available for unsociable hours.

Benefits

Overtime pay

Qualifications

• Proven experience in maintenance/construction on high-speed trunk roads or motorways.
• Good understanding of relevant regulations and standards.
• Ability to manage site inspections and assure quality.

Responsibilities

• Review and assure completion of works to agreed standards.
• Ensure compliance with CDM, HSE and Environmental legislation.
• Escalate site issues to management.

Skills

Highway/structures maintenance experience

Knowledge of DMRB, MCHW, Chapter 8

Computer literacy (MS Office)

Ability to work independently and collaboratively

Education

CSCS Card

SSSTS or SMSTS Certificate

Job description

About the job.

National Highways have an excellent opportunity for a Site Supervisor to join our team in Operations. As a Site Supervisor, you will play a key role in the delivery of major maintenance and minor improvement schemes across the East region. Reporting directly to the Construction Assurance Manager, you will undertake construction surveillance and assurance inspections to verify quality of works undertaken by external contractors.

Please note that you may be required to work predominantly unsociable hours including nights and weekends for which there will be paid overtime and/or an out of hours allowance.

This role will be based from our Bedford office.

Please note that you will be required to drive as part of your role, and you will need to have no more than 3 points to be considered for this position and during employment.

• Assuring the completion of planned works to agreed standards and escalating any concerns to the Construction Assurance Manager (CAM) in line with agreed governance agreements.
• Ensuring construction works comply with CDM regulations, HSE Legislation, Environmental legislation and Chapter 8 requirements, ensuring that Principal Contractor (PC) duties are properly discharged by the relevant parties.
• Ensuring Project Managers receive regular and timely feedback on scheme construction progress, risks, early warnings, design related issues, and acting as the initial point of escalation for any on-site issues that need to be resolved.
• Acting as liaison between all key supply chain partners and co-ordinate the delivery programme, ensuring buildability reviews are carried out on all projects.
• Representing the interests of National Highways on construction / maintenance site(s), assuring supplier performance and the completion of planned works to agreed standards, and escalating any concerns to Construction Assurance Manager or Construction Manager in line with agreed governance agreement.

About you.

• Proven highway/structures and maintenance/construction experience; experience of working on high-speed Trunk Road/Motorway Networks is essential.
• Good understanding of the DMRB, MCHW, Chapter 8 and CDM Regulations.
• CSCS Card Holder, SSSTS or SMSTS Certificate is essential.
• Ability to execute tasks independently yet work collaboratively within a team and respond to management guidance & support.
• Computer literate with knowledge of MS Office Excel, Word and Outlook.

About us.

Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England's motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership.

Operations is at the heart of keeping the strategic road network moving and ensuring our customers get the best possible experience when using our roads.

We address over 39,000 customer enquiries every month, plan and deliver all maintenance activities on the network, drive efficiencies and improvements across our systems and roads, and respond to incidents across 4,500 miles of motorways and major A-roads that we manage. All to make sure National Highways customers have safer, smoother, and more reliable journeys.

External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.