Construction Supervisor

at  Balfour Beatty

About the role
Amazing infrastructure isn’t the only thing that gets built here. Incredible careers do too. Join our Living Places team as a Construction Supervisor to work site based in Budbrooke and you can build something to be proud of.

ABOUT US

The way we live our lives is changing fast: where and how we live, work, travel, shop, relax and socialise. The evolving nature of our society means we all need to shape our environment to meet a complex array of individual and collective needs.
Living Places works in partnership with Local Authorities to consult, finance, design, build and manage the essential place infrastructure that local communities and national economies need to prosper and grow.
We are right at the heart of a dynamic place shaping agenda that brings Local Authorities, local communities, Central Government, and the Private Sector together to create safe, sustainable, flexible and dynamic public spaces geared to community social need, economic growth and personal well-being as well as being environmentally sustainable.
The provision of maintenance services for highways is only a small part of what is really needed. Our focus has moved beyond the road to deliver the potential of the street: a dynamic public place that connects and combines local community and business needs, encourages social interaction and helps pedestrians, motorists, bus riders, and cyclists to coexist safely. Building great public spaces with resource efficient assets enables functional, flexible and inspirational places to be at the heart of the community.
At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence ‘Employer Recognition Scheme’ and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.
Further information on Disability Confident can be found at: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
Job Reference: BBUK0996

Personal Qualities and Experience:

• Holds a current driving license and CSCS Card
• SMSTS qualified
• Strong communication skills with good interpersonal and influencing skills
• Good report writing skills
• Experienced in the management of varied infrastructure works, together with testing and handover
• Working knowledge of the NEC and other relevant forms of contract
• Ideally, leadership and management skills, with experience of managing a multi-disciplined team

• To provide management, leadership and control of a multi-disciplinary team comprising Sub Agents, Section Engineers, Site Engineers & Foremen.
  What you’ll be doing

As a Construction Supervisor you will:

• Able to clearly communicate the requirements of a safe system of work to ensure that these are followed accurately. Suggests and implements improvements to systems and capable of stopping operations when necessary.
• Capable of taking ownership of tasks and communicating outcomes with clarity; experienced at encouraging direct reports to do the same and managing a team to ensure tasks are carried out effectively and key messages cascaded
• Strong work ethic with flexibility to work unsociable hours/nights as required by the programme
• Able to work on own initiative and seek out opportunities in line with level of responsibility
• Understands method statements and can coach others in document production
• Understands and can guide others in the principles of Accident / Incident Investigation
• Understands the Organisational Business Management Systems and processes
• Able to analyse and offer improvement on a fully resourced stage programme in the accepted format / software.

Who we’re looking for

Personal Qualities and Experience:

• Holds a current driving license and CSCS Card
• SMSTS qualified
• Strong communication skills with good interpersonal and influencing skills
• Good report writing skills
• Experienced in the management of varied infrastructure works, together with testing and handover
• Working knowledge of the NEC and other relevant forms of contract
• Ideally, leadership and management skills, with experience of managing a multi-disciplined team.