Depot Highways Supervisor

Depot Highways Supervisor – Dundee (NMC NE)

Create Safer Roads. Shape Sustainable Communities. Build Your Career.

We’re excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for a permanent Depot Highways Supervisor to join our NMC North East (NMC NE) team in Dundee — a role where you’ll make a real difference to the safety, reliability and future of Scotland’s trunk road network.

Our partnership with Transport Scotland Northeast (since August 2022) places an important emphasis on delivering greener, more resilient infrastructure and exceptional service for the communities we support. Covering 593km of network, our work spans routine and reactive maintenance, bridges and structures, and road safety schemes — all while helping drive progress toward net-zero.

From winter weather to unexpected traffic incidents, well maintained highways keep communities moving safely. As a Highways Supervisor, you’ll play a pivotal role in leading operations, ensuring work is completed safely, efficiently, and to a high standard — no matter the conditions.

This is a key supervisory role with responsibility for depot operations, resource planning, and network management across a critical geographical area — offering real ownership and impact.

Hours: 40 per week, Monday–Friday, with overnight & weekend working as required.

The Role

As our Depot Highways Supervisor, you will:

• Manage and programme day-to-day depot works, ensuring efficient delivery of planned and reactive activities.
• Take ownership of a team of approximately 20 operatives, providing leadership, support, and performance management.
• Oversee the trunk road network across the Perth to Stonehaven corridor, ensuring effective network management and coordination of works across this key area, with Dundee acting as the operational hub.
• Operate in a predominantly office-based role, with regular site visits as required to support delivery and maintain network performance.
• Carry out regular site visits to resolve issues, ensure safe working practices, and verify quality against programme requirements.
• Deliver HSEA site inspections and maintain high safety standards across all activities.
• Provide technical support to crews and ensure all works are accurately recorded to support client claims and ‘as-built’ information.
• Lead toolbox talks, safety briefings, and ensure correct use of PPE.
• Manage depot safety, environmental inspections, and appropriate waste disposal.
• Engage and oversee supply chain partners, ensuring safe and high quality delivery.
• Process timesheets, overtime and resource planning efficiently.
• Quantify, order, and coordinate materials, plant, equipment, and subcontractors in collaboration with the Commercial team.
• Promote safe working hours in line with the Working Time Directive and drivers’ hours rules.
• Line manage operatives, including performance management, absence recording, and PDR reviews.
• Arrange training in line with the training matrix.
• Support recruitment by interviewing prospective employees when required.