Surfacing Supervisor

Surfacing Supervisor

Pension + Long-Term Career Progression

Location: North West England

Full-time, Permanent Position

About the Company

This is an opportunity to join a well-established civil engineering and infrastructure contractor with over 50 years of experience delivering surfacing, resurfacing, highway maintenance, and civil engineering projects across the North of England. The business operates with a strong self-delivery model, invests heavily in plant and equipment, and has built a solid reputation for quality, safety, and long-term client relationships.

Why Join Them

This Surfacing Supervisor position offers the chance to join a stable and growing contractor with a strong pipeline of surfacing and highway works across the region. The business has an experienced operational team, modern plant fleet, and a practical, delivery-focused culture where experienced people are trusted to run projects properly.

The Surfacing Supervisor role would suit someone who enjoys being fully involved in live operations, managing gangs, coordinating programmes, and ensuring works are delivered safely and to a high standard. The company undertakes a wide range of surfacing and resurfacing schemes, providing varied and consistent work rather than short-term projects.

This Surfacing Supervisor opportunity also offers long-term stability, the ability to work on established frameworks and infrastructure schemes, and the chance to join a contractor that continues to invest in both its people and operations.

About the Role

An experienced Surfacing Supervisor is required to oversee surfacing and resurfacing works across highways, carriageways, commercial schemes, and infrastructure projects throughout the North West.

This is a hands-on Surfacing Supervisor role for somebody capable of running surfacing operations properly from start to finish. The successful Surfacing Supervisor will be expected to manage day-to-day site activity, coordinate labour and plant, maintain safety standards, and ensure programmes are delivered efficiently and professionally.

The position requires strong technical knowledge across all aspects of surfacing, resurfacing, planing, machine lay operations, road maintenance, and associated civils works.

Key responsibilities include:

* Managing surfacing and resurfacing works on live sites

* Supervising gangs, subcontractors, and plant operations

* Coordinating daily site activities and work programmes

* Ensuring works are completed safely, efficiently, and to specification

* Monitoring productivity, quality, and programme performance

* Liaising with contracts managers, engineers, and clients on site

* Managing permits, RAMS, and site documentation

* Overseeing traffic management and maintaining safe working areas

* Organising materials, deliveries, and plant requirements

* Carrying out site inspections and resolving operational issues

* Maintaining high standards of workmanship across all surfacing activities

* Supporting delivery on highways, carriageways, public realm, and infrastructure projects

Applicants should have strong surfacing supervision experience and be confident managing busy operational sites in live environments. A background within highways, resurfacing, road maintenance, or civil engineering is essential.

Summary

This is a strong opportunity for an experienced Surfacing Supervisor looking to join a respected contractor with consistent work, established operations, and long-term growth plans. The role offers responsibility, autonomy, and involvement in a wide range of surfacing and infrastructure projects across the North West.

Contact Mark at Up Front Recruitment for more information
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed