Works Supervisor - Highways Maintenance

Posting date:	17 March 2026
Salary:	£40,000 to £43,000 per year
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	16 April 2026
Location:	WF2 0AA
Remote working:	On-site only
Company:	Staffline
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	MCB - HWSR-36959

Summary

• Job Title: Works Supervisor – Highways Maintenance
• Job Type: permanent, 37 hour week, plus OTE
• Job Location: Wakefield area
• £40-43k plus OTE £50k + realistic, Local Government Package, including exceptional holidays and pension
• Function: Highways Maintenance | Civil Engineering | Infrastructure

The opportunity:

A large public sector /local government organisation is looking to appoint an experienced Highways Works maintenance Supervisor to oversee frontline operational teams delivering planned highway maintenance and emergency response works across a major road network within West Yorkshire. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on operations supervisor from highways, utilities, civil engineering, surfacing, street works, or infrastructure maintenance backgrounds; someone who enjoys leading teams, front-line, hands on, visible improving performance, and delivering safe, high-quality works programmes. Reporting to the Senior Highways Operations Manager.

The Role: Works Supervisor – Highways Maintenance

You will be responsible for supervising operational teams and contractors delivering maintenance, repair and improvement work, ensuring programmes are delivered safely, on time and within budget.

Key responsibilities include Works Supervisor – Highways Maintenance

• Supervising multi-discipline operational highway maintenance teams

To ensure delivery of agreed works programmes through both internal and external contractors to ensure as part of the Highways Network service team

•Ensure the minimum disruption caused by major projects and maintenance programmes/work that meets the statutory duties of the Traffic Management Act

•Work is carried out safely in accordance with all relevant Health and Safety legislation in a wide and potentially high-risk area within the Council

•That works are based on effective asset management that are delivered on time and within budgets to ensure value for money

Building strong relationships with contractors, utilities and stakeholders

Driving continuous improvement across safety, quality and delivery

• Coordinating planned maintenance and reactive emergency works

• Monitoring contractor performance and quality of workmanship

• Ensuring compliance with Health & Safety and Streetworks legislation

• Managing resources, rotas and works programmes

To help ensure that minimum disruption is caused to all road/pedestrian users by all highway works through undertaking site checks.

• Carrying out site inspections and performance monitoring

• Supporting winter maintenance and emergency response operations

About You - Works Supervisor – Highways Maintenance Operations

We are keen to speak with candidates who have supervisory experience within:

• Highway maintenance

• Civil engineering

• Utilities / street works

• Infrastructure maintenance

• Construction operations

• Local authority or term maintenance contracts

Customers and Clients include Construction team, Project Engineers, Utility companies etc

You will ideally have: Works Supervisor – Highways Maintenance Operations

Essential:

• Supervisory experience within highways, construction or infrastructure maintenance

• Strong knowledge of Health & Safety legislation

• Experience managing frontline operational teams

• Understanding of planned maintenance programmes

• Good communication and stakeholder management skills

•Sound knowledge of preparing highway maintenance/construction programmes and ability to deliver in an efficient and effective manner.

• Full UK driving licence

Highly desirable:

• NRSWA Supervisor accreditation

• NVQ Level 3 or 4 (or equivalent experience)

• Experience working with NEC or term maintenance contracts

• Experience in a unionised or public sector environment

• Knowledge of Traffic Management legislation

What’s on Offer - Works Supervisor – Highways Maintenance Operations

• Stable local government employer

• Varied operational leadership role

• Opportunity to lead sizeable frontline teams

• Involvement in major maintenance programmes

• Strong pension scheme

• Generous holiday allowance

• Overtime and standby payments are generous

• Ongoing training and development

This is primarily a site and depot-based role with flexibility required to respond to operational incidents, seasonal maintenance programmes and winter standby cover.

For a confidential discussion or to apply, please submit your CV to mike.butler@omegaresource.co.uk or call 01132123519.

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