Kier Group
Highways Maintenance Supervisor
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Supervisor
We're looking for a Supervisor to join our Shropshire team on a 3 month fixed term contract based at our Longden Road depot.
Location: Shropshire - Longden Road, SY3 9EL
Hours: 40 hours per week - site based
Contract: 3 Month Fixed Term Contract
Salary: £37,796 per annum
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role
About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity to take on a key role within our highways maintenance team. As a Supervisor, you'll be responsible for overseeing site teams across the Shropshire region, ensuring that reactive, routine, and minor works and schemes are delivered safely, on budget, and to agreed timescales. You'll play a vital role in planning, health and safety management, and supporting your team's development. The successful candidate will need to be available for winter service and emergency out-of-hours work when and if required.
Responsibilities
As a Supervisor, you'll be working within the Highways Maintenance Team, supporting them in delivering high-quality works safely and efficiently. Your day-to-day will include:
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- Planning and coordinating programmes of work, ensuring delivery to time and budget
- Conducting regular safety site inspections and promoting best practice across all sites
- Managing and developing your site team, supporting their career progression and competency development
- Ensuring all health and safety standards are maintained, including compliance with CDM regulations and traffic management requirements
- Collaborating with supply chain partners to improve standards and celebrate team successes
Requirements
This role of Supervisor is a great fit if:
- A Site Safety Management qualification is held, such as SMSTS or SSSTS
- Experience has been gained supervising highways maintenance activities and teams
- An NRSWA Supervisor card and a full UK driving licence are held
- Strong planning and organisational skills are combined with a proactive approach to health, safety, and quality standards
- Confidence using digital systems and Microsoft Excel to support day-to-day operations and reporting
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Rewards and Benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information on benefits here.
Diversity and Inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.
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