The Role
Lead surfacing squads delivering asphalt works on commercial and military airfields across Great Britain. Ensure safe delivery to time, cost, and quality standards; manage plant, materials, site records, and foremen; place orders; develop staff; and maintain client and specification compliance.
Summary Generated by Built In
Candidate will ideally reside within the Oxfordshire area due to key contracts the role supports.
The role will provide surfacing supervision services to key Airfield Surfacing projects being delivered across Great Britain by Breedon Surfacing Solutions. The role will we ensure that the asphalt surfacing works are delivered, safely, to time, cost, and quality requirements.
The role will provide surfacing supervision services to key Airfield Surfacing projects being delivered across Great Britain by Breedon Surfacing Solutions. The role will we ensure that the asphalt surfacing works are delivered, safely, to time, cost, and quality requirements.
The role holder will need to lead the surfacing squads in the delivery of the surfacing works on commercial and military Airfields across GB. Demonstrating excellent operational organisational skills and control to ensure the successful delivery of the projects surfacing objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure that works are carried out in a safe manner with due regard for the public, customers, and other site employees.
- Ensure that work is carried out in accordance with the quality requirements of the specification.
- Direct individual foremen, planning future workload to meet targets.
- Assist Managers in developing staff
- Assist employees to understand the requirements of their job
- Place timely and accurate orders for materials and plant to ensure efficient production balancing cost against client value and adherence to standards.
- Ensure that accurate site records are maintained by the site team.
- Manage the plant and equipment requirements. Ensuring it is procured in good time for the work, used in a correct manner, maintained in accordance with company requirements and removed from site when not required.
Previous Experience
- Asphalt surfacing
- Experience of asphalt surfacing in the aviation industry preferrable
- Ability to lead a team
- Demonstrating clear and effective communication
Job Benefits
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Contributory Pension Scheme
- Volunteer Scheme
- Share Save Scheme
- Life Assurance
- Health & Wellbeing Initiatives
- Digital GP Service
- Discount Scheme
About
Breedon is a leading vertically-integrated construction materials group in Great Britain and Ireland.
Skills Required
- Reside within Oxfordshire area (ideally)
- Experience in asphalt surfacing
- Experience of asphalt surfacing in the aviation industry
- Ability to lead a team / lead surfacing squads
- Clear and effective communication
- Experience managing plant and equipment and placing timely material/plant orders
- Maintain accurate site records and ensure quality to specification
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The Company
What We Do
Breedon Group is a leading vertically-integrated international construction materials group operating in Great Britain, Ireland, and the United States. They supply essential building materials—including aggregates, cement, ready-mixed concrete, and asphalt—to a diversified network of customers across infrastructure, housebuilding, and commercial end-markets. Their business model focuses on creating sustainable value through the production and supply of high-quality construction materials and surfacing solutions.
