Area Supervisor
Norfolk
£38,409.52 - £43,066.50 Dependent on experience
40 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Norse Highways are successful division of the wider Norse Group. We work in partnership with Norfolk County Council to deliver highways maintenance services across the county. We are currently seeking an Area Manager to join the management team with Norse Highways.
The role is responsible for driving workforce performance, promoting a strong safety culture, monitoring compliance, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality highway maintenance and improvement activities. This includes providing leadership, guidance, and support to highways operatives, ensuring all works are planned and executed safely, efficiently, and effectively, while maintaining full compliance with relevant legislation, contractual requirements, company policies, industry standards, and client expectations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Monitor productivity and operational performance against key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Conduct regular site visits and inspections to assess operational effectiveness and workforce capability.
- Manage operatives' deployment to maximise site-based productivity and minimise non-productive time.
- Resolve operational issues promptly to minimise disruption and maintain service delivery.
- Promote a positive safety culture and lead by example in all health, safety, and wellbeing matters.
- Ensure compliance with Health and Safety at Work Act requirements, CDM Regulations, NRSWA, Chapter 8, and other relevant legislation.
- Monitor compliance with contractual standards, client specifications, and company procedures.
- Undertake quality inspections to ensure works meet required standards.
- Recognise and promote best practice across operational teams.
- Support the achievement of contractual KPI and service level targets.
- You will be part of the Winter Duty Officer Rota.
- You will be part of the OOH's Duty officer rota.
Skills & Qualifications:
- Requires a full driving licence.
- Experience supervising highways maintenance operations.
- Strong understanding of highways legislation, standards, and compliance requirements.
- Knowledge of NRSWA, Chapter 8, CDM Regulations, and Health & Safety legislation.
- Experience conducting audits, inspections, and performance reviews.
- Excellent communication skills.
- NRSWA - essential.
- SMSTS (Site Management Safety Training Scheme).
Our Offer:
- 25 days plus 8 days bank holiday
- Progression opportunities in a national company
- Company pension & sickness scheme
- Opportunity to attain further professional qualifications
- Additional local benefits and a discounts
An enhanced DBS check will be required for our successful candidate, payment will be met by the employer
We are committed to employment practices and behaviours which encourage diversity, promote equality of treatment and eliminate unlawful and or unfair discrimination
We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications. If you have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful and will not be progressed to the next stage
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Area Supervisor - Norse Highways in Norwich employer: Norse Group
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