road maintenance foreman/woman
Title posted on Nova Scotia Public Service Commission - Operations Supervisor (Provincial Outfits) (Miller Lake)
Posted on October 15, 2026 by Employer details The Government of Nova Scotia
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<p> </p><p><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://hcm17.sapsf.com/sf/careers/jobsearch?company=novascotiaP"><img style="width:686.0px;height:36.0px" src="https://rmkcdn.successfactors.com/bf6b9753/38449949-ca76-4c02-8829-4.png"></a></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Competition # : </strong><span contenteditable="false">50165</span> </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Department: </strong>Public Works</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Location: </strong>MILLER LAKE</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Type of Employment: </strong>Permanent</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Union Status: </strong><span contenteditable="false">NSGEU - NSPG</span> </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Closing Date: </strong>¿29-Oct-26 ¿ (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)</span></p><div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>About Us</b></H2></div><div><p> </p><div><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Maintaining our provincial infrastructure is no small job.</span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">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.</span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">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.</span></div></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>About Our Opportunity</b></H2></div><div><p> </p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">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.</span></p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Primary Accountabilities</b></H2></div><div><div> </div><div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">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- Location Fall River, NSB2T 1J6
- Work location On site
- Salary$2,826.01 to $3,301.71BIWEEKLY bi-weekly
- Terms of employment Permanent employmentFull time
- Starts as early as 2026-10-29
- vacancies 1 vacancy
- Source Nova Scotia Public Service Commission #50165
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