Highways (Street Lighting) Supervisor
| Posting date: | 19 February 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 March 2025 |
| Location: | Swinton, M27 4HH |
| Company: | inploi |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 75685465 |
Summary
About us
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a team responsible for maintaining and improving the street lights and other electrical assets across the City. With street lighting maintenance and electrical experience, you will join a highly active and diverse Highway Services Construction Team undertaking repairs of a wide variety of different sized jobs on a daily basis.
You will join the Highways Construction Services Team working alongside other supervisors, electrician chargehands, highway operatives, street lighting operatives and gully crews delivering street lighting repair and maintenance functions and delivery of third party schemes. The service is responsible for keeping the highway safe for all road users.
About the Role
As an energetic and effective Street Lighting Supervisor, you will be part of a team leading street lighting electricians and operatives of varying levels of experience working on live highway sites. You will be required to guide and supervise street lighting Electricians, Operatives and Apprentices in the team that undertake a range of street lighting works, including replacement of columns, lanterns and electrical equipment.
Working with an approved external electricity connection contractors, working with developers on street lighting installations and also responding to damage and emergencies is also required therefore need you to be able to complete works to a variety of deadlines.
About you
We're seeking someone who will not only fit seamlessly into the team but someone who demonstrates strong leadership and displays a commitment to continuous development of staff and themselves with a dedication to working effectively for the City Council.
You will be leading and work with a variety of different supervisors, chargehands and operatives depending on the nature of work required. You will also be expected to mentor and pass on experience to our Apprentices who will be based within teams. You will be the representing the face of Salford which requires behaviours that demonstrate our values.
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