National Highways have an excellent opportunity for a Site Supervisor to join our team in Operations. As a Site Supervisor, you will play a key role in managing the on-site delivery of the construction phase of the projects within the regions rolling 5-year capital programme. You will also manage the performance on-site of Scheme Delivery Framework (SDF), Pavement Delivery Framework contract, Maintenance & Response (M&R) and Section 278 works.

You will manage, quality, health and safety, technical and specialist standards across the supply chain and National Highways, to ensure successful delivery of Construction projects on-site and acting in line with mandatory and delegated duties.

This role will be based from our Basingstoke office.

You will also be required to drive as part of your role and you will need to have a full clean driving license to be considered for this position and during employment.

What you'll be leading on

• To represent the interests of National Highways on construction / maintenance site(s), ensuring contractors maintain compliance with relevant National Highways policies, procedures and Quality Management System (QMS) at all times, and take actions to resolve and/or escalate non-compliance.
• Manage the construction phase of the delivery of a complex portfolio of inter related, allocated projects within the Region's rolling 5-year capital programme. Proactively identify and implement continuous improvements on-site to eliminate, reduce or provide greater control for risks arising during the construction phase of a project.
• To represent the interests of National Highways on construction / maintenance site(s), assuring supplier performance and the completion of planned works to agreed standards, and escalate any concerns to Construction Assurance Manager or Construction Manager, in line with agreed governance agreements.
• To sign off completion of works or necessary deviations from planned works, in line with agreed tolerance and governance levels, escalating to Construction Assurance Managers and Construction Manager when required.
• To ensure that construction works comply with CDM regulations, HSE Legislation, Environmental legislation and Chapter 8 requirements, ensuring that Principal Contractor (PC) duties are properly discharged by the relevant parties.

To be successful

• Proven highway/structures and maintenance/construction experience; experience of working on high-speed Trunk Road/Motorway Networks is essential.
• Good understanding of the DMRB, MCHW, Chapter 8 and CDM Regulations
• CSCS Card Holder, SSSTS or SMSTS Certificate is essential. 
• Ability to execute tasks independently yet work collaboratively within a team and respond to management guidance & support.  
• Computer literate with knowledge of MS Office Excel, Word and Outlook

A bit about us

Here at National Highways, we manage and improve the strategic road network to make journeys safer, smoother and more reliable. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery

Operations is at the heart of keeping the strategic road network moving and ensuring our customers get the best possible experience when using our roads.

We address over 39,000 customer enquiries every month, plan and deliver all maintenance activities on the network, drive efficiencies and improvements across our systems and roads, and respond to incidents across 4,500 miles of motorways and major A-roads that we manage. All to make sure National Highways customers have safer, smoother, and more reliable journeys.