Site Supervisor - Darlington, United Kingdom - Highways England

Highways England

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Darlington, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Your new role

National Highways have an excellent opportunity for a Site Supervisor to join our team in Operations, based in the Area 14 (Yorkshire North East region).

As a Site Supervisor you will play a key role in the delivery of National Highways Capital Investment Schemes by representing the companies interests on civil engineering construction and maintenance sites.

Reporting directly to the Construction Manager/ Deputy Construction Manager, 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. You will be required to work predominantly unsociable hours including nights and weekends.

This is a very independent role, and you will be required to travel to sites and depots within the Area14 YNE area.

_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 the Construction Assurance 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 Construction Assurance Manager, Project Managers and Commercial & Procurement colleagues, providing relevant and timely information on Early Warnings and Compensation Events

To be successful

Proven highway/structures maintenance/construction experience; experience of working on highspeed Trunk Road/Motorway Networks is desirable
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 & support. You will also have excellent communication and interpersonal skills in dealing with multiple stakeholder
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.

Why you should join us
At National Highways we believe in a connected country. We are passionate about creating a culture where colleagues feel connected, included, and enjoy greater wellbeing to achieve this.

We're proud that as an organisation we are continually striving to do better and actively encourage and support our colleagues to do the same with their careers.

So, if you put safety first, take ownership of your work, show passion for what you do, work effectively in a team, and demonstrate integrity in how you do it - then you'll be a great fit for our organisation

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