Job Description

Meet the recruiter

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Jenny Buckley

Benefits

Life assurance



Kier Rewards



Additional holiday purchase opportunities



Matched pension scheme up to 7.5%



Enhanced family leave & policies



Share plan schemes



Free health & wellbeing services



Opportunity to purchase health benefits & insurance

Team Leader

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We're looking for a Team Leader to join our Transportation team based in Birmingham. In this role you will oversee the planning and coordination of work activities across both internal and external operations, ensuring a consistently high standard of service delivery.





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

: Thimble Mill Lane, Birmingham - site based 5 days per week

Hours

: Permanent, Fulltime 40 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us

Salary:

34,000 per year + benefits

What will you be responsible for?

As a Team Leader, you will be responsible for ensuring adherence to corporate procedures, preparing accurate and relevant job packs, developing clear and effective work programmes, and maintaining all required records in an organised manner.



Your day to day will include:


Provide oversight and quality assurance for all handover documentation, ensuring it is complete, accurate and aligned with operational safety and efficiency requirements Act as a key liaison between the highways planning team and operational delivery teams, ensuring all works are planned correctly first time, optimised for cost, efficiency, and service quality Liaise with third parties, stakeholders, collaborative working in optimising network occupancy, ordering any special materials required Support the Planning Manager by delivering timely, accurate and insightful reports and undertaking additional tasks as required Manage performance, training, competency and development of highways planning team in accordance to business needs

What are we looking for?

This role of Team Leader is great if you have:


Significant working experience within the highways industry including knowledge of the Birmingham's Road network The ability to lead, support and motivate a team Proficient in Microsoft Office applications and familiar with Confirm or similar asset management systems

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.

Diversity and inclusion

Making 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.



As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.





We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier



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Location

: Birmingham

Vacancy ID

: 9006

Background check

: None

Closing date:

27 Nov 2025

Flexible Working

: Yes
Flexible working could include part time, job share, condensed hours, or flexible start/end times.

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