Site Supervisor – Civil Engineering (Black Hat)

Durham / North East

Permanent

£50,000–£57,000 + vehicle + benefits

The Company

Our client is an established, privately owned North East civil engineering contractor with a long-standing regional presence and a growing forward workload.

The business delivers a broad range of civil engineering, infrastructure and enabling works across County Durham and the wider North East. Projects vary considerably in size and complexity, from smaller regional schemes through to multi-million-pound contracts.

Their workload covers commercial and industrial developments, water and wastewater infrastructure, housing infrastructure, highways, environmental works and regeneration projects. The business operates both as a subcontractor and Principal Contractor and is continuing to grow the proportion of work it delivers directly.

Typical works undertaken include deep drainage, roads and sewers, utilities diversions, culverts, attenuation and storage systems, reinforced concrete works, retaining structures, external works, earthworks, site clearance, remediation and the reprocessing of site-won materials.

They also undertake flood alleviation and flood defence works, infrastructure associated with commercial and industrial developments, and specialist civil engineering works within water and sewage treatment environments.

The company has a strong regional identity and places considerable importance on safety, quality, communication and developing its own workforce. It continues to invest in training and professional development as the business grows.

The opportunity

The business is now looking to appoint an experienced Site Supervisor to take day-to-day operational responsibility for the delivery of civil engineering works on site.

This is a Black Hat, off-the-tools supervisory position. You will be responsible for driving the works on site, directly supervising the workforce and ensuring the Project Manager and engineering team are kept fully informed regarding progress, resources, safety and any issues affecting delivery.

The upcoming phase of work will include concrete foundations, chambers, ducting and deep drainage, making a good technical understanding of civil engineering construction particularly important.

The role

• Take day-to-day responsibility for driving the project on site and maintaining progress against programme.
• Directly supervise site gangs and ensure operatives are properly briefed and adhering to RAMS.
• Ensure permits are issued correctly and gangs understand and work in accordance with them.
• Complete site diaries and maintain accurate site records.
• Organise labour, plant and materials to ensure the works can progress efficiently.
• Call off materials including aggregates and concrete as required.
• Relay site information, instructions, orders, timesheets and relevant documentation back to the project team.
• Maintain a high level of communication with the Project Manager, engineer and site operatives.
• Identify and escalate health & safety, technical, operational or programme issues as appropriate.
• Ensure lifting operations are properly controlled and undertaken in accordance with LOLER requirements.
• Represent and protect the contractor's interests on site.
• Supervise works including concrete foundations, chambers, ducting, deep drainage and associated civil engineering activities.

Essential requirements

• Previous Site Supervisor experience within civil engineering, infrastructure or groundworks.
• Black or Gold CSCS Card.
• SMSTS.
• First Aid.
• Full UK driving licence.

Desirable

• Lifting Supervisor qualification.
• Good working knowledge of LOLER.
• Strong technical knowledge of civil engineering construction.
• Previous experience working on sewage treatment works or within the water sector.

Package

The position offers a salary of £50,000–£57,000 together with a company van for business use and business fuel card initially, moving to a company car or car allowance.

The wider package includes 26 days' annual leave plus 8 bank holidays, a 3% employer pension contribution, discretionary company-wide bonus paid in October, annual appraisals, health surveillance and strong ongoing training and development opportunities.

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For an initial confidential chat, please call 07880 369 557.