Highways Supervisor in Swindon

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working?

M Group Highways is supporting the safe transportation and movement of people across the UK. We don’t just build roads and bridges - we’re building a better future, creating lasting social value that gives back to the communities in which we work. You’ll be joining our Highways maintenance team, as the UK’s number one highway maintenance contractor, our teams use the latest innovations to create effective solutions. We offer a range of services including planned and reactive maintenance and highway improvement schemes.

As part of our Operational delivery team, you will be responsible for the maintenance of the highways network in Wiltshire. You will work 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. You will manage the direct operational teams and supply chain and keep the depot fit for purpose. The successful candidate will report to the Contract Manager.

What will you be doing?

• You’ll supervise operatives and supply chain completing highways maintenance activities, focused on minor civils, signs installation and lining works.
• You’ll be planning and programming the works, managing plant and material ordering and doing the online road space bookings.
• Produce work packs including Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental information such as CPPs, RAs, and Permits.
• Site management of the direct and supply chain teams, managing performance and safety & environmental compliance.
• Control site safety, quality and environment policies and processes, presenting inductions and on-site briefings and carrying out inspections.
• Use the contract works management system.
• Manage budget forecasting, cost capture and cost control, change management, raising EWs and documenting change.
• Oversee the maintenance of the depot, ensuring it is clean, tidy, safe, environmentally compliant, and safe offloading.
• Out of hours Winter Maintenance and Emergency Call Out Supervisory responsibilities.

What you’ll bring:

• CSCS / CPCS essential
• SSSTS desired
• Safety and Environmental qualifications desired
• Experience and ability to manage people, drive, coach, support, challenge and undertake difficult conversations.
• Team player with good collaborative working skills, able to engage, guide and influence others, including M Group 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.
• Knowledge and experience in the delivery of highways works.
• Knowledge and commitment to industry safety and environmental procedures, legislation and practice.
• Basic commercial knowledge and understanding.

What’s in it for you?

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include:

• Matched or contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000s of retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme

In addition, this role offers:

• Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
• My Car Choice, our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Recommend a friend get rewarded for introducing people to us!
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Personal Accident Cover

About us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We are one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations and ways of working align with ours.

• We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet.
• We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations.
• We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
• We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life.

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development. It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered. For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.