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Road Planing Supervisor

2 months ago


Thatcham, West Berkshire, United Kingdom Tarmac Full time
Foreperson - Road Planing Job Description

Tarmac is committed to creating a dynamic and inclusive environment, and we're looking for a suitably qualified and experienced Foreperson - Road Planing to join our team in Thatcham, Berkshire.

Role Responsibility

As the Foreperson - Road Planing, you will report directly to the Supervisor - Road Planing and be responsible for:

  • Managing machine, vehicle, and colleagues, ensuring they are properly informed and equipped to carry out tasks.
  • Operating a Caterpillar 2 mtr planer or being willing to train on conversion to this planer.
  • Ensuring employees have relevant proof of identification and competency, and that all operatives and sub-contractors are trained and authorised to undertake their duties.
  • Managing and complying with all safety requirements, company standards, and procedures for employees and sub-contractors.
  • Completing site-specific documentation, including site record sheets and environmental assessments.
  • Attending site-specific inductions and briefings prior to starting work.
  • Encouraging challenges of safety issues and reporting them using the Safety Observation, Near Hit/Miss process.
  • Ensuring environmental processes and best practice across the contract.
The Ideal Candidate

We're looking for a candidate with:

  • Essential experience using a road planer, ideally a Caterpillar 2mtr.
  • CSCS Qualification.
  • NVQ level 2 in a related discipline.
  • MPQC/EPIC Competency Card.
  • Understanding of surfacing methods and knowledge of planing machine capabilities.
  • Developing People skills, including helping develop operatives to become multi-skilled.
  • Flexibility and ability to change approach in line with new priorities.
  • Thinking Skills, including considering all potential causes and underlying causes of a problem.

It's essential that the successful candidate has previous working experience in this sector and holds a Full UK manual car driving licence with no more than 6 penalty points.

Why Tarmac?

In addition to the role of Foreperson - Road Planing, we offer an extensive range of career development opportunities and industry-leading rewards, incentives, and benefits, including a bonus scheme, enhanced holiday entitlement, contributory pension scheme, and access to our Employee Assistance helpline.