Supervisor
About this role
Drainage Supervisor – Birmingham Highways Maintenance Network
About Us
At Supportive Bridge Staffing Agency, we don't just fill vacancies—we build careers and foster genuine partnerships. We take the time to understand your goals, support your professional growth, and connect you with leading contractors who value your expertise. We are proud to be partnering with top-tier infrastructure teams to find dedicated supervisors ready to make a tangible impact.
The Role
We are seeking an experienced Drainage Supervisor to join our client's Birmingham highways maintenance network team based at the Thimble Mill Lane Depot. This is a great opportunity to lead operational teams on a major city highway contract within a supportive and professional working environment.
Location: Thimble Mill Lane Depot, Birmingham
Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time (40 hours per week)
Salary: £36,000 - £38,000 per year + £5,000 annual car allowance + excellent benefits package
Key Responsibilities
Team Leadership: Supervise drainage operatives and gangs delivering planned and reactive maintenance works across the network.
Operations & Coordination: Coordinate daily activities, allocate resources, and monitor performance to ensure gully cleansing, jetting, and drainage repairs are executed efficiently.
Emergency Response: Manage emergency responses to flooding and drainage issues, ensuring quick and effective resolution.
Safety & Compliance: Ensure the safe delivery of all works, maintaining strict adherence to health, safety, environmental, and quality standards, including traffic management and site safety protocols.
What We Are Looking For
Experience: Proven experience supervising drainage, highways maintenance, or civil engineering operations, with a strong understanding of highway drainage systems and reactive repair activities.
Certifications: Relevant industry qualifications including NRSWA Supervisor, SSSTS or SMSTS, High Pressure Water Jetting (WJA), EUSR Utilities Excavation, CAT & Genny, and First Aid certification.
Skills: Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, leading operational teams and coordinating multiple workstreams safely and efficiently.
Knowledge: Excellent grasp of health, safety, environmental, and quality standards, with hands-on experience managing safe systems of work on the highway network. (Note: We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship for this role).
Why Join Through Supportive Bridge?
When you partner with Supportive Bridge Staffing Agency, you get more than just a job placement. We offer dedicated career guidance, transparent communication, and continuous support from application to onboarding.
Our client also provides an outstanding benefits package, including:
£5,000 annual car allowance
Matched pension scheme up to 7.5%
Life assurance and enhanced family leave policies
Share plan schemes and free health & wellbeing services
Opportunities to purchase additional holiday days and health benefits