We’re looking for a Construction Site Supervisor to join our Highways team based in Northamptonshire. Within this role, you can enjoy competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave, a fantastic, matched pension scheme, a share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans and even more
Can you imagine a world without roads or bridges? Nor can we! Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Highways and make a difference. Connecting roads, connecting people.
Location: Brixworth, Northamptonshire
Contract: Full time
Salary: £competitive + Pension + Benefits + Commercial Vehicle
Responsibilities
As Construction Site Supervisor, you’ll be working within the construction team, supporting them in delivering a wide range of local authority civil engineering schemes for Kier on behalf of North Northamptonshire Council.
Your day to day will include:
- Managing and administering the construction works in accordance with the contract, assisting with the implementation of the duties of the Principle Contractor under CDM, including the implementation and ongoing compliance of the construction phase including inductions, and site rules
- Inspect quality of work in accordance the inspection test plan, scheme designs and the specification, checking and documenting all PUWER and LOLER items, making sure welfare is adequate and fit for purpose, spill kits are present etc.
- Assisting with the implementation and ongoing compliance of all relevant risk assessments (to cover every task on site), method statements, safe systems of work and point of work risk assessment / daily brief documents
- Issuing various permits for activities such as hot works and digging for various contractors in accordance with Kier processes and safe digging procedure ensuring temporary works are installed in accordance with the approved design details.
- Monitoring and recording of progress on site and communicating any issues to the relevant site managers regarding of programme and change control in accordance with the terms of the contract, communicating changes either commercial or operational to all relevant parties, confirming they are signed off and briefed to the site team in line with the change control procedure
Who are we looking for?
This role of Construction Site Supervisor is great for you if you can:
- Hold SSSTS (CITB Supervisors Safety Training Scheme) or SMSTS (Site Management Safety Trainings Scheme), NRSWA Supervisor and Temporary Works Supervisor
- Demonstrate practical knowledge of 12D Lantra Traffic Management
- Understand and implement Construction (Design Management) CDM regulations with Good civils, resurfacing and structures experience
We’re all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don’t tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.
If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk to discuss and arrange these.
Benefits at Kier
We’re proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:
- New and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more
- Share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our sharesave and share incentive plans
- Kier’s Green Car Scheme
- A huge range of deals and discounts at many your favourite brands
And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website: www.kier.co.uk/careers/rewards-benefits
Who is Kier?
We’re made up of six business units, Group Functions, Construction, Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, and as a group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK. Take a look at our sustainability objectives: https://www.kier.co.uk/sustainability/
At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.
Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.
Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We’re proud of the steps we’ve taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier’s diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.
You can see more about our D&I action plan here: https://www.kier.co.uk/media/6668/di-roadmap-2021.pdf
Closing date: 15 June 2023
Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.