Traffic Maintenance Supervisor

Telent; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology services company in the UK seeks a Traffic Maintenance Supervisor to lead field teams in maintaining critical traffic signal infrastructure. The role requires strong electrical engineering knowledge, excellent communication skills, and previous supervisory experience. This position offers benefits such as a company vehicle, 34 days holiday, and participation in a pension scheme.

Benefits

Company Vehicle

34 days holiday

Company pension scheme

Occupational health support

Discounts on cinema, restaurants and shopping

Qualifications

• Previous experience in an Electrical Supervisor role, ideally in Traffic / Highways / Telecoms / Utilities industry.
• Excellent team leadership and people management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team of Trainee Traffic Maintenance Engineers.
• Manage controller builds and liaise with engineering teams.
• Responsible for maintaining Imtrac spare parts/repairs.
• Implement and maintain test rigs.
• Support Contract Managers in assessing engineers.

Skills

Electrical Engineering experience

Interpersonal and communication skills

IT skills - Proficient in Excel / Word / RMS systems

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Highways Electrical

City & Guilds diploma (HNC/HND) in Electrical / Electronic Engineering

BS 7671 / 18th Edition Certification

NRSWA Certification

ECS Card

Job description

Traffic Maintenance Supervisor

Do you enjoy working with a down to earth, supportive team but at the same time be relied on to use your own initiative to find solutions to problem out in the field? Our Field teams are critical in the delivery of our contracts, whether that is delivering or supervising maintenance, installation, cabling or civils works. Help build and keep the nation's critical infrastructure connected and protected 24/7.

Reporting into the Regional Manager, the Traffic Maintenance Supervisor will take on the responsibility for leading the field teams delivering our maintenance contracts.

This role require travel in the Newcastle and surrounding areas on a daily basis.

What you\'ll do

• Lead a small team of Trainee Traffic Maintenance Engineers
• Manage controller builds and liaising with engineering team on configurations
• Responsible for implementing and maintaining Imtrac spare parts/repairs, including financial targets and aiding contract managers in rolling out to big yellow locations
• Responsible for implementing and maintaining test rigs
• Technical lead in the depo, coordinating new technologies before they go to street
• Supporting Contract Managers in assessing Engineers progressing to Senior Engineer and Seniors Engineers to Support Engineer
• Provide support to the Contract Managers to ensure that the contracts are delivering on time and within budget
• Working alone and with colleagues to the highest standards to maintain signals equipment
• To reduce the overall fault rates within our traffic signals maintenance contracts
• Supporting Contract Managers to ensure engineers have correct stock on vans to complete first time fix
• Liaising with maintenance engineers and Contract Manager to ensure repeat fault rate is kept to a minimum

Who you are

You will have previous experience in an Electrical Supervisor role, ideally gained within the Traffic / Highways / Telecoms / Utilities industry, along with excellent team leadership and people management skills.

Key Requirements

• Electrical Engineering experience is essential
• Extensive knowledge around traffic signal equipment specifications is highly desirable
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to act under pressure and provide good customer satisfaction.
• Qualifications such as NVQ Level 3 in Highways Electrical, City & Guilds diploma (or HNC/HND) in Electrical / Electronic Engineering or BS 7671 / 18th Edition are highly desirable.
• NRSWA Certification
• ECS Card
• Full driving license
• IT skills - Proficient in Excel / word / RMS systems

What we offer

A career at Telent can span many sectors, roles, technologies and clients giving you the opportunity to develop, learn new skills and make an impact. We are growing and we rely on our committed Team to deliver.

We nurture the talent that makes this happen, by our on-going commitment to creating an inclusive culture that respects and values difference, that celebrates diverse ideas. We want everyone to feel they can be themselves and to thrive at work.

The additional benefits with this role

• Company Vehicle
• 34 days holiday, including public holidays, plus the option to buy or sell days annually OR 26 days holiday, plus public holidays, and the option to buy or sell days annually
• Company pension scheme
• A range of family friendly policies
• Occupational health support and wellbeing Portal
• Discounts on Cinema, Restaurants and Shopping with Telent Reward scheme.

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