Road Maintenance Foreman/Woman

Competition # : 50165 Department: Public Works Location: MILLER LAKE Type of Employment: Permanent Union Status: NSGEU - NSPG Closing Date: �29-Oct-26���(Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time) About Us Maintaining our provincial infrastructure is no small job. The Department of Public Works supports Nova Scotia's 23,000 kilometers of roads and highways and 4,100 bridges. Our Provincial Outfits Division plays a critical role in safe and effective highway maintenance operations including line painting, sweeping, mowing, brush cutting activities, and bridge inspections throughout the province. This is your next opportunity to directly support effective highway maintenance operations in the Province through providing technical advice and guidance, managing and motivating your crew, ensuring quality of work, and helping to achieve the work priorities of your assigned areas. About Our Opportunity The Operations Supervisor oversees staff supervision and performance, and plans, prioritizes, coordinates and oversees the Department maintenance and restoration activities in accordance with the Department's Maintenance Standards and Specifications. The Supervisor oversees the use of resources (i.e. labour, equipment, and materials) directly, organizes, plans, and schedules job priorities, delegates assignments and equipment for daily work sites. They also monitor job activity progress and assigned budgets and adjust workload and schedules to accommodate and address emergencies and special requests or situations and ensures all work is completed timely, effectively, and in a safe manner. Primary Accountabilities You also supervise and direct the maintenance program by: assisting management in developing a plan of action including the planning of routes, staffing assignments; ensuring line paint and other supplies are available; monitoring paint application rates and adherence to policies; ensuring, in cons