Traffic Signal Supervisor

April 17, 2023 | Comments Off on Traffic Signal Supervisor

We're looking for a Traffic Signal Supervisor to join our Highways team based in Birmingham. Within this role, you can enjoy a fantastic, matched pension scheme, 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family, a competitive annual holiday entitlement, with opportunities to buy/sell leave and even more.

Can you imagine a world without roads or bridges? Nor can we! Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Highways and make a difference. Connecting roads, connecting people.



Location: Birmingham

Contract: Permanent, full time, part time and flexible



Responsibilities

As Traffic Signal Supervisor you'll be working within the street lighting team, supporting them to confirm the contract operational works are adequately supervised to ensure that the contract delivers to full H&S requirements, budget, programme whilst also ensuring client satisfaction and KPI metrics are realised. Holding accountability for Operative behaviours' when carrying out their operational duties including HR, HSEQ, commercial and administration.

Your day to day will include:

  • Undertaking shift briefings, site inductions, toolbox talks with all operational staff identifying risks and hazard whilst managing and maintaining relevant records, ensuring work packs are relevant and suitable for purpose, ensuring all site-specific hazards are managed
  • Assisting with the management of incidents and defects cascaded through the Optical Character Recognition system, inspecting to monitor workmanship and material quantities for all works, maintaining relevant records, carrying out various audits including gate checks, works surveillance safety audits, depot inspections and health & safety site inspections
  • Carrying out daily allocation and supervision of works and resources to ensure compliance with works programmes.
  • Contributing to the development, recruitment and selection of new operatives and apprentices
  • Being accountable for delivery of planned, reactive, third-party repairs, winter maintenance and scheme works with thorough supervision of directly employed employees and sub-contractors
Who are we looking for?

This role of Traffic Signal Supervisor is great for you if you can:

  • Demonstrate work experience at a supervisory level within electrical works in traffic signals / street lighting
  • Drive and hold a full driving licence
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at to discuss and arrange these.

Benefits at Kier

We're proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:

  • New and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more
  • Share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our sharesave and share incentive plans
  • Kier's Green Car Scheme
  • A huge range of deals and discounts at many your favourite brands
And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website:

Who is Kier?

We're made up of six business units, Group Functions, Construction, Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, and as a group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK. Take a look at our sustainability objectives:

At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We are collaborative, trusted and focused in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.

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 (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

You can see more about our D&I action plan here:



Closing date: 15 May 2023

Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.


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