Surfacing Supervisor Manager

Location: Warwickshire

Job Title:

Surfacing Supervisor / Manager

Location:

Lea Marston / East Birmingham
Job Type: Contract Role
Job Length: 3+ month contract

Start Date:

March 2026
Industry: Surfacing, Asphalt Tarmac, HS2, Aggregates

Pay Rate: £250 - £425 Per Day - Negotiable based on Experience and Pay Type

Our client is looking for a Surfacing Supervisor / Surfacing Manager to work on HS2 schemes across the Birmingham and Warwickshire regions, ensuring the successful delivery of Surfacing schemes related to the HS2 works. This will including hands-on supervision of gangs, ensuring timely and safe delivery of works, to agreed programme.

The role will entail understanding programme of works, instructing gangs on what works need undertaking, implementing RAMS, completed inductions and toolbox talks, overseeing works and monitoring progress.

Depending on experience, candidates will have the opportunity to assist with creating programmes, interfacing with the client, and assisting the operations teams with additional tasks.

The ideal candidate will be time served in a surfacing or highways maintenance industry, ideally coming with an background in Civil Engineering, SMSTS Certificate and Fit For Work Medical.

Due to working on HS2, candidates will also need an BBV Induction, or be prepared to undertake this.

Daily duties will include but are not limited to:

Delivery of surfacing and tarmacadam activities on HS2, within Sub lot 2-8  
Effective delivery of operational plans & objectives, understanding site programmes and drawings

Experience with organising the day to day running of asphalt contracts (Tarmacadam Surfacing)
Communicating works and instructing gangs team leaders and operatives
Interfacing with client liaison as required
Providing expertise within surfacing, offering guidance and direction to team members
Ensuring safe and timely delivery of works, to HSQE standards
Working towards RAMS and, Job Briefing packs
Maintaining and update internal systems, to log and track progress
Candidates will ideally:

Have strong knowledge of Surfacing / Asphalt projects, having previously delivered works
Have experience Supervising or Managing Surfacing Projects and related contracts
Hold an SMSTS Certificate
Hold a Fit For Work Medical (Or be willing to undertake a FFW medical)
Hold a BBV Induction Card (Or be willing to undertake a BBV Induction)
For more information or to apply for the role, please contact Tim Smyth on (phone number removed)