Supervisor
| Posting date: | 13 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 June 2025 |
| Location: | B7 5HR |
| Company: | Kier Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7389 |
Summary
We're looking for a Supervisor to join our Transportation team based in Birmingham. Within this role, you can enjoy competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave, a fantastic, matched pension scheme, a share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans and even more.
Can you envision a world without transportation links by land, sea, or air? Neither can we! Your journey is our journey. Join us at Kier Transportation, where we are working brilliantly together to make a difference, supporting the movement of people, goods, and equipment.
Location: Birmingham
Contract: Permanent - Full time
What will you be responsible for?
As Supervisor, you'll be working within the Transportation Maintenance team, supporting with contract operational works, making sure they are adequately supervised so the contract delivers to the full health and safety requirements, budget, programme whilst also ensuring client satisfaction and meeting KPI metrics. Supervising delivery of planned, reactive, third-party repairs, winter maintenance and scheme works with thorough supervision of directly employed employees and sub-contractors.
Your day to day will include:
-Accountability for Operative behaviours when carrying out their operational duties including HR, HSEQ, commercial and administration, promoting health & safety in the workplace, setting a good example to other employees and ensuring awareness of and compliance with the general health & safety responsibilities
-Actively promoting the company culture and values including equal opportunities and respect for all, championing use of, and compliance with the SHEMS
-Undertaking shift briefings, site inductions, toolbox talks with all operational staff identifying risks and hazards and managing / maintaining relevant records, completing site records, daily allocation sheets, daily handover reports, diaries and audit checks
-Ensure work packs are relevant and suitable for purpose, ensuring all site-specific hazards are managed, conducting inspections monitoring workmanship and material quantities for all works, carrying out various audits including: gate checks, works surveillance safety audits, depot inspections, health and safety site inspections as required, allocating daily and supervision of works and resources to maintain compliance with works programmes
-Assisting with the management of incidents and defects cascaded through the OCR, communicating with sub-contractors, the emergency services, general public, clients and customers, take part in the development, recruitment and selection of new operatives and apprentices
What are we looking for?
This role of Supervisor is great for you if:
-You have relevant experience in a supervisory role along with knowledge of highway works in carriageways / footways
-Can drive and hold a full driving licence
- NRSWA operative / Supervisor qualified
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.
Rewards and benefitsWe'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.
Diversity and inclusionMaking Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.
We look forward to seeing your application to join the #constructionrevolution #joinkier
#LI-MA1
Can you envision a world without transportation links by land, sea, or air? Neither can we! Your journey is our journey. Join us at Kier Transportation, where we are working brilliantly together to make a difference, supporting the movement of people, goods, and equipment.
Location: Birmingham
Contract: Permanent - Full time
What will you be responsible for?
As Supervisor, you'll be working within the Transportation Maintenance team, supporting with contract operational works, making sure they are adequately supervised so the contract delivers to the full health and safety requirements, budget, programme whilst also ensuring client satisfaction and meeting KPI metrics. Supervising delivery of planned, reactive, third-party repairs, winter maintenance and scheme works with thorough supervision of directly employed employees and sub-contractors.
Your day to day will include:
-Accountability for Operative behaviours when carrying out their operational duties including HR, HSEQ, commercial and administration, promoting health & safety in the workplace, setting a good example to other employees and ensuring awareness of and compliance with the general health & safety responsibilities
-Actively promoting the company culture and values including equal opportunities and respect for all, championing use of, and compliance with the SHEMS
-Undertaking shift briefings, site inductions, toolbox talks with all operational staff identifying risks and hazards and managing / maintaining relevant records, completing site records, daily allocation sheets, daily handover reports, diaries and audit checks
-Ensure work packs are relevant and suitable for purpose, ensuring all site-specific hazards are managed, conducting inspections monitoring workmanship and material quantities for all works, carrying out various audits including: gate checks, works surveillance safety audits, depot inspections, health and safety site inspections as required, allocating daily and supervision of works and resources to maintain compliance with works programmes
-Assisting with the management of incidents and defects cascaded through the OCR, communicating with sub-contractors, the emergency services, general public, clients and customers, take part in the development, recruitment and selection of new operatives and apprentices
What are we looking for?
This role of Supervisor is great for you if:
-You have relevant experience in a supervisory role along with knowledge of highway works in carriageways / footways
-Can drive and hold a full driving licence
- NRSWA operative / Supervisor qualified
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.
Rewards and benefitsWe'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.
Diversity and inclusionMaking Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.
We look forward to seeing your application to join the #constructionrevolution #joinkier
#LI-MA1
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