Highways Supervisor

**Highways Supervisor**

**Melksham**

28 Days Holiday + 8 Bank Holidays

Company Car or Allowance + Fuel Card

Generous Pension Scheme / Life Assurance

Employee Discount Platform

Milestone Infrastructure Ltd is the UK leading highways maintenance provider looking after 48000km miles of roads, 300,000 lighting assets and 20,000 miles of footways, always with a view to ensuring that all works are carried out as sustainably as possible and with mínimal impact to local communities.

The Wiltshire contract based in Melksham are looking to recruit a Highways Supervisor. As the Highways Supervisor you will be part of our Operational delivery team who are responsible for the maintenance of the highways network in Wiltshire.

Reporting to the Contract Manager, role will include working with the client, the supply chain and our own management team, to plan and deliver highway maintenance works, safely, on time and within budget, whilst offering a high-quality service to our customers. To manage the direct operational team and supply chain and to keep the depot fit for purpose.

**Key Duties & Responsibilities for a Highways Supervisor**:

- Supervising operatives and supply chain completing highways maintenance activities.
- Planning and programming the works
- Plant and material ordering
- Online road space booking
- Producing works packs including Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental information such as CPPs, RAMS, Permits and ITPs
- Site management of the direct and supply chain teams
- Performance mgmt. and safety and environmental compliance
- Control of site safety, quality and environment policies and processes.
- Presenting inductions and on site briefings and carrying out inspections
- Using the contract works management system
- Budget forecasting, cost capture and cost control
- Change management, raising EWs and documenting change
- Maintaining the depot - clean, tidy, safe, environmentally compliant, safe off loading
- Winter Maintenance and Emergency Call Out Supervisory responsibilities

**Essential Skills**
- Team player with good collaborative working skills, able to engage, guide and influence others, including Milestone colleagues, customers and suppliers
- Client focused approach
- Good communication skills: verbal, presentations and reports
- Basic skills in the use of computer software packages such as word, excel and works management systems - ability to manage data and produce reports
- Self motivated, able to manage own workload, prioritise and set own timetable
- Attention to detail and persistent
- Knowledge and experience in the delivery of highways works
- Knowledge and commitment to industry safety and environmental procedures, legislation and practice
- Commitment to operational performance
- Basic commercial knowledge and understanding

**Qualifications and Competencies**
- IT basics essential
- Safety and Environmental qualifications essential
- CSCS / CPCS essential
- SSSTS/SMSTS desired
- HGV desired