Asphalt Supervisor

The Role

Job Summary: To supervise and control all paving related activities on projects, managing the gang, planning the work as per client and Colas requirements, to achieve the minimum outputs required, with regards to the project scope, ensuring all specifications and quality parameters are...

The Role
Job Summary: To supervise and control all paving related activities on projects, managing the gang, planning the work as per client and Colas requirements, to achieve the minimum outputs required, with regards to the project scope, ensuring all specifications and quality parameters are achieved, in a safe and cost-efficient manner. Operational Responsibilities: • Responsible for managing and optimizing the performance of a multicultural workforce while ensuring the efficient execution of asphalt paving operations. • The role includes planning and coordinating manpower, materials, equipment, and project activities, monitoring key performance indicators, and providing daily reports to the Project Manager. • Key duties also involve improving workforce productivity, ensuring accurate timesheet management, offering operational guidance to project teams, and travelling within the region to support skills transfer and assess technical expertise. Planning Responsibilities: • Assist the Project Manager to prepare a project program in line with client’s requirements. • Prepare weekly & daily program in line with project program. • Lead weekly project planning/report back meetings, to control site activities and encourage two-way communication. • Pre-visit site and plan each day’s required work in advance – daily scheduling. Resourcing Responsibilities: • Requisition labour, plant and material as required for projects. • Mobilise required resources, for punctual execution of the projects. • Ensure only required Equipment &Tools are used for each specific project. • Ensure that minor plant & equipment are in good working order and being maintained. Productivity Responsibilities: • Daily control, to insure efficient application of labour and plant, in terms agreed weekly program. • Set and improve daily targets and productivities in line, or better, then the Tender Output/Allowable. • Improve productivity via identifying alternative methods and innovations. • Communicate daily & weekly objectives to the team, as well as the operation targets. • Monitor Progress daily & weekly. • Re-programme and set new daily Targets if behind programme or when daily outputs are not achieved. • Give daily feedback to team on good and bad performance. Quality Control Responsibilities: • Understands quality requirements of projects, through project specific specifications, special provisions and drawings – discuss with Project Manager before start of Project. • Ensures sub ordinates meet specific quality requirements and prevent rework (Project drawings & specifications). • Compliance with BS EN ISO 9001, 14001 & OHSAS 18001 Accreditation.

Requirements
Essential Qualifications: • Relevant Asphalt Qualification is essential. • Engineering background is desirable. • Dubai experience is mandatory. Experience / Achievements: • Experience of a similar role or environment. • At least 5 years operational/supervisory or managerial experience in asphalt contracting operations. • Experienced dealing with internal and external stakeholders (workforce and clients).

About the company
Colas Middle East is one of the largest and leading suppliers of aggregates and asphalt to the Middle East construction industry, in addition to asphalt laying and contracting services. As a specialized Asphalt contractor, we offer a unique combination of the most advanced technical expertise, local knowledge and financial stability. Colas Middle East with eminent partners in the UAE, Oman and Qatar, has been in the region for the last 40 years. We produce on an average 8 million tonnes of Gabbro Aggregates and 1.6 million tonnes of Asphalt per annum. Colas Middle East is operated and partially owned by Colas Group which is a French multinational civil engineering firm specialized in road construction. Colas Group operates in every aspect of construction and maintenance of road and other types of transport infrastructure as well as on projects involving urban development and recreational facilities. Backed by a workforce of 60,000 people, Colas undertakes about 80,000 projects every year via a network of 800 construction units and 2000 material production sites in around fifty countries worldwide in five continents.