Overview:
Passionate about the construction industry, Kim joined Marlborough Highways in 2018 and is responsible for managing the company’s plant. With a varied employment history, she brings a range of valuable skills and expertise to the role, which she has shaped as the organisation has grown and diversified. A hugely popular member of staff, Kim has a love for socialising and is a cheerleader for charitable causes.
Marlborough Highways career
Admired and well-known by Marlborough at her time of joining the business, Kim is the organisation’s first dedicated Plant Manager. Drawing on her sector experience and excellent organisational skills, Kim worked with the senior management team to define and develop her role, introducing new auditing systems, and streamlining the process of hiring and purchasing machinery. As Marlborough’s plant fleet has grown and diversified, Kim has worked with new suppliers, seeking out more efficient equipment that allows colleagues to operate ever more sustainably and more cost-effectively. Valued by operatives in the field and relied upon by the QHSE team, Kim works hard to ensure that every item of machinery is compliant with regulations and maintained to the highest standard. She also collaborates with Marlborough’s training team, educating staff in the best safety practice, and ensuring operatives possess up-to-date qualifications and certificates.
Fact file
Marlborough Highways
- Job title: Plant Manager
- Joined Marlborough: June 2018
- Department: Transport & Logistics Team
- Location: Head Office
- Reports to: Contracts Director
Skills and expertise
- Accounting and auditing expertise
- Outstanding organisational skills
- Strong communicator
- Excellent technical knowledge
- Good understanding of health and safety regulations
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“If you want to be appreciated in an environment that has a welcoming and family feel, then Marlborough is a great place for you. There is a fantastic atmosphere, with staff rewarded properly for their hard work and loyalty, with the prospect of a long-lasting career for anyone that shares in the company’s strong set of values.”
Kim Mills, Plant Manager, Marlborough Highways
Good causes
Kim is involved in charitable causes, urging colleagues to take part in sponsored activities and encouraging them to take advantage of Marlborough’s Employee Match Funding scheme. This included helping to raise more than £20,000 for the Disasters Emergency Committee’s Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal, which provides essential supplies and support to those affected by the ongoing war. And to celebrate Marlborough’s 30-year anniversary in 2022, Kim took part in a Skydive in support of the mental health charity Mind.
“One of the things I value most is their very collaborative and transparent team culture. It makes a big difference to have a contractor that wants to work closely with us and is supportive and responsive. With Marlborough, I get a team who are attentive, work collaboratively and honestly with me and don’t lose focus on delivering first class communications and compliance.”
“From the design stage, Marlborough has been fundamental in delivering the Broad Lane Square improvements scheme. During the works, not only did the team manage to keep to the programme, but they went the extra mile to ensure attention to detail and came up with innovative solutions to address issues encountered on site. My thanks on behalf of Haringey goes out to Marlborough for their dedication to deliver.”
“Working alongside our Term Service Contractor Marlborough Highways, we successfully completed renovations to the Crowstone Footbridge. The designs were provided by Marlborough, and the work was unique. The scheme was completed to budget and ahead of its programme duration.”
“I would like to thank you and your team for your efforts, the Marlborough crews were professional, courteous, and hard working all day and ensured the event went without a hitch. You and the team were a credit to the company, demonstrating commitment and support to the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.”
“I just wanted to say what a pleasure it has been to work with Marlborough Highways over the last six months. The quality of work is superb, and there has been some excellent collaboration between Milestone and Marlborough to complete, what at times, has been quite a challenging scheme. I hope to work with Marlborough on another project in the near future.”
“Marlborough worked with us in constructing a 1.3km cycle track. There were a number of technical difficulties to overcome, and their gifted foreman worked to propose some innovative solutions to the challenges we faced. The result is a facility that the locals are proud of, providing walkers and cyclists with alternative access to the hospital and nearby school. The scheme was a lot of hard work, but well worth it.”
“Marlborough attracts people who take care and have pride in their work. Several gangs of Operatives worked tirelessly for six months to reconstruct drainage networks, lay more than 3km of high quality bespoke granite kerbs and granite channels blocks to ensure positive drainage. The technical compliance, attention to detail and level of quality finish along the entire carriageway was exceptional”.
“We saw huge benefits in appointing Marlborough as our full service contractor and we’re impressed – they’ve delivered consistent high quality service and superior quality control across every project. Marlborough, provide us with a ‘one-stop’ shop solution – we get the same quality of service and better control across all aspects of the project.”
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