Highways Maintenance Supervisor

Kier is looking for a Supervisor to join our Shropshire team on a 3 month fixed term contract based at our Longden Road depot.

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.

What will you be responsible for?

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:

• 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

What are we looking for?

This role of Supervisor is great for you if:

• You hold a Site Safety Management certificate (SMSTS or SSSTS)
• You have experience in highways maintenance at a supervisory level
• You hold an NRSWA Supervisor card and Full driving licence
• You're confident with planning, managing teams, and maintaining safety standards
• You're comfortable using digital tools and Excel to support your work

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 of benefits here.