Lanes Group
Traffic Management - Night Manager

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Lanes Group plc
Lanes Group plc is a leading nationwide utility services provider with c.5000 dedicated employees. Our diverse subsidiaries drive our success across various sectors, contributing to a remarkable turnover of over £650 million. We are committed to excellence and innovation, ensuring we provide industry-leading services to our clients and stakeholders. Join us to be part of a dynamic and growing team that values diversity and fosters professional growth.
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Sapphire Utility Solutions, a Lanes Group Company, specializes in multiple divisions. Traffic Management Solutions have depots across the UK. Our fleet covers high and low-speed solutions supported by the in-house CAD, Planning, and Streetworks Team to ensure compliance and accuracy. The Team utilizes the latest technology to minimize disruption to allow works to be undertaken safely while keeping the road network moving.
Purpose of the Role
Sapphire Utility Solutions is seeking a Night Depot Manager for our Traffic Management workstream on our Thames Water contract. You will work alongside the Thames Water Night Manager to ensure operations run smoothly during the nights so the transition to the day teams is effective while ensuring SLAs are met. For the role, you will split your time during the week between both Reading and Kidlington depots, and a company van will be provided for travel.
Location: Reading and Kidlington (travel between the two sites)
Hours: 50 hours per week (Wednesday to Sunday, 9pm-7am)
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- Carry out daily and nightly handovers with the Reading and Kidlington Depot Managers
- Allocating all jobs after 5pm
- Completing both depot On Hire Off Hire Logs
- Night Operative Audits
- Monitoring the email inbox and Big Change to ensure no SLAs are missed out of hours and late bookings for the next day to be allocated
- Accurate time booking in so data can be caught in real time
- Main light switch outs to be emailed to the relevant supervisor or planner and also to the councils/highways
- Monday to Friday 16.00 to 21.00
- OOH phone to be manned by existing OOH Manager roster
- Saturday & Sunday Out of Hours as per Managers Roster (1 in 8 weeks)
- Night MOS Audits
- Health & Safety welfare calls to night Operatives
- Supply diversion routes to operatives
- Creating new jobs on Big Change so as Operatives receive in real time
Key Requirements
Skill and Experience:
- You must have a full UK driving licence with no more than 6 penalty points
- Confident in systems and functions
- Experience of leading and supervising a team
Desirable:
- To hold NRSWA accreditation
- LANTRA 12ABCD
- Holding a minimum of M6
- Knowledge of permit schemes
Living the Company Values
By embedding our company's core values and purpose into each role, it ensures that every employee, regardless of their role or level, understands how their individual development and contributions align with our purpose of ‘improving today for a better tomorrow’.
Each role and value has an alignment to set proficiency levels and expectations; this role holder is expected to:


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