Job Description

About the role

Own your career, and you can build something to be proud of at Balfour Beatty. By joining our

Living Places

team as a

Highways Supervisor

, you'll work with true experts who'll share their knowledge and provide support, encouragement and invaluable feedback so you never stop learning. Bring us your capability, and we'll help you take it much, much further.

What you'll be doing

To supervise and manage all resources engaged in planned and reactive maintenance and elements of incident response.


Identifying and allocating appropriate resources to ensure deliver of operations to programme. Ensuring Construction Phase Plans, method statements and risk assessments are appropriate and available for all planned works. Carrying out site visits to ensure that work is being carried out safely, to the required standards and to programme. Ensuring accurate records of works carried out on daily allocation sheets and maintain accurate records and as built details if required. Briefing gangs via site specific daily task briefings, regular tools box talks and safety briefings. Ensuring PPE is being worn in accordance with RAMS. Carrying out measurements and providing support to commercial team as required. Supervising sub contractors, ensuring operatives have necessary training to ensure they work safely and to the required standard. Ensuring employees accurately record use of vibration equipment to ensure recommended levels are not exceeded.

Who we're looking for

CITB 5 day SMSTS Full UK Driving Licence. Experience of Highways Maintenance contracts. Competency in use of Microsoft packages and interpersonal skills. Team management skills. Commercial Awareness. Basic programming ability. Excellent organisation and communications skills in emergency and winter service delivery rotas. Self-motivated and proactive in delivery solutions. Experience of performance monitoring. Detailed knowledge of operational techniques.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK's most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package that's right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:


Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow. 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata) Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more...

About us

Balfour Beatty Living Places works in long-term partnerships with local authorities to create great places to live, work and play. We actively engage with local people to understand the needs of the communities we work in and shape the places where local economies can thrive and grow. As a leader in sustainable working, diversity, and social value, we use our expertise to bring real, positive change for our customers.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion



To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.



As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/



We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com




Job Reference: BBUK13510