Team Leader – Road Sector

Autonomous public law establishment of the Republic and Canton of Neuchâtel, established across several service sites and with approximately sixty employees, distributed mainly in the road and operating and safety equipment sectors, NEVIA (Neuchâtel Établissement pour la Viabilité des Infrastructures Autoroutières) ensures the operation and routine maintenance of the highway axes N5 – Yverdon-Bienne and N20 - Le Locle – Anet.

Activities:

At the head of a team of about 10 road workers-drivers, you ensure the organization, coordination and monitoring of road network maintenance activities. As a team leader, you exercise a role of local management.

You supervise and support your team on a daily basis, ensure collective functioning and contribute to the implementation of the establishment's orientations, rules and decisions.

In this capacity, your main missions are notably:

• plan short and medium-term activities and missions entrusted to your team and participate in their medium-term organization;
• organize and distribute work daily and transmit clear instructions;
• ensure the daily management of your team, mobilize and empower employees and contribute to the development of their autonomy;
• provide regular feedback, recognize contributions and intervene constructively when adjustments or refocusing are necessary;
• foster a constructive and respectful working climate and contribute to the management of relational or organizational situations within the team;
• ensure monitoring and control of the proper execution of the work carried out; ensure respect for and application of the establishment's rules, procedures, directives and decisions;
• ensure compliance with safety rules and instructions;
• organize and control the placement and removal of temporary signage;
• ensure the surveillance of the road network and its surroundings;
• organize and participate in interventions necessary for the restoration of infrastructure, notably following accidents;
• participate in the training, integration and development of employees;
• coordinate certain interventions carried out by external companies or service providers;
• collaborate closely with the voyer-chef, other team leaders, the principal team leader and the management, contribute to exchanges and ensure a good flow of information;
• actively participate in the coordination of road sector activities and propose improvements in its functioning;
• accompany the organizational and operational evolutions of the establishment, explain their meaning and contribute to their implementation with your team;
• take part in the on-call service.

Required profile:

• CFC or equivalent title;
• holder of a heavy goods vehicle driver's license;
• several years of experience in roadworks or construction sites;
• proven experience in leading a team and demonstrated ability to exercise local leadership;
• assertive and constructive leadership, with the ability to mobilize, empower and progress employees;
• good organizational, planning and decision-making skills;
• ability to give and receive feedback as well as to constructively manage delicate human or relational situations;
• ability to set a clear framework and to ensure rules, directives and decisions are respected with consistency and discernment;
• clear, constructive communication adapted to different interlocutors;
• sense of responsibility, exemplary behavior and ability to maintain perspective;
• spirit of collaboration and ability to work constructively with hierarchy, peers and other sectors of the establishment;
• ability to support decisions taken, to explain their meaning and to accompany their implementation with the team;
• openness, adaptability and ability to accompany the changes and evolutions of the establishment;
• ability to work with variable hours and to demonstrate flexibility;
• mastery of common office tools (Word, Excel and Outlook);
• residence close to the place of work (approximately 15 to 20 minutes).

Start date: 1 December or to be agreed

Information: M. Raphaël Fromaigeat, voyer-chef – tel.

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