Site Supervisor - Guildford, United Kingdom - Highways England

Highways England

Verified Company

Guildford, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Your new role

We manage one of the world's most advanced and safest road networks, as a Site Supervisor you will play a key role in the delivery of National Highways' renewal and improvement schemes by representing the company's interests on construction and maintenance sites.

You will actively ensure construction schemes are delivered in line with time, cost, quality and safety standards, and customer experience is not adversely impacted.

This role is a safety critical post therefore you may be required to work unsocial hours including nights and weekends.

This is a very independent role and there will be some expectation to travel to sites and depots within the South East

This role can be based in Basingstoke or Maidstone.

_You will be required to drive as part of your role and you will need to have a full clean driving license to be considered for this position and during employment _

What you'll be leading on

Assuring the completion of planned works to agreed standards and escalate any concerns to your line manager or the Construction Manager, in line with agreed governance agreements.
Ensuring that all works are constructed in line with: CDM regulations, HSE legislation, Chapter 8 requirements, Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB) and Manual of Contract Documents for Highways Works (MCHW).
Ensuring Project Managers receive regular and timely feedback on scheme construction progress, risks, early warnings, design related issues, and act as the initial point of escalation for any onsite issues that need to be resolved.
Acting as liaison between all key supply chain partners and coordinate the delivery programme, ensuring buildability reviews are carried out on all projects.
Maintaining good liaison with colleagues in the Scheme Delivery Team including Construction Assurance Managers and Project Managers and those in other teams including Service Delivery and Commercial & Procurement, providing relevant and timely information on Early Warnings and Compensation Events.

To be successful

Proven highway/structures maintenance/construction experience; experience of working on high speed trunk road/motorway networks is desirable.
Extensive supply chain management experience, able to enable effective engagement, and coordination of safe delivery across multiple parties.
Good understanding of the DMRB, MCHW, Chapter 8 and CDM Regulations
You will be a CSCS Card Holder, have a CITB Site Manager or Site Supervisor Safety Training Scheme Certificate; a recognised Civil Engineering qualification is desirable
Ability to execute tasks independently, yet work collaboratively within a team and respond to management guidance and support. You will also have excellent communication and interpersonal skills in dealing with multiple stakeholders.
Computer literate with knowledge of MS Office Excel, Word and Outlook

A bit about us
Making sure our customers have safe and reliable journeys is at the heart of everything we do in Operations.

We keep the roads open for business and play a key role in making sure the network we manage is fit for purpose today and for the future.

We achieve this through the delivery our capital programme, supporting customers on the road with our Traffic Officer Service and managing incidents effectively.