Site Supervisor (90% traveling)

Vanderlande Careers; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanderlande Industries GmbH seeks a Site Supervisor to manage on-site installation and logistics, ensuring safety, quality, and project compliance. You will coordinate daily operations, lead teams, and supervise contractors across projects with significant travel.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years in site supervision, engineering education, and strong communication and leadership skills to maintain schedules and cost control. The role demands high autonomy and international collaboration.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in site supervision or installation leadership.
• Ability to travel up to 85% of the time.
• Training or certification for site supervision is required.
• No criminal record for project location.

Responsibilities

• Oversee on-site installation and logistics per project plans.
• Coordinate daily site operations and supervise teams and contractors.
• Ensure compliance with safety, quality, and budget requirements.
• Provide progress feedback and manage handover to commissioning.
• Organize site activities through to handover and support during testing.

Skills

Team management

Leadership

Communication

Initiative

Autonomy

Planning & organizing

Stress resistance

Safety awareness

International awareness

Customer orientation

Willing to travel

Education

Electrical/Mechanical Engineering degree

Job description

General Description

The Site Supervisor prepares and oversees on-site installation and logistics activities, ensuring compliance with safety, quality, and project requirements. Key responsibilities include coordinating daily operations, managing teams, and supervising contractors. This role promotes a strong culture of safety and quality leadership while ensuring adherence to schedules and process maps. As seniority increases, the complexity of tasks, autonomy, and leadership responsibilities also grow.

Functions:

• Responsible for on-site installation activities on regular projects or parts of bigger projects.
• Organize proper unloading and site logistics
• Instruct the installation team and delegate installation responsibility to suppliers / partners.
• Provide proper feedback about progress and status
• Perform quality checks on installation and the processes
• Create and support a high-quality hand over to commissioning
• Support commissioning during the testing phase
• Organize all site related activities for the project until handover to costumer
• Ensure Health and Safety requirements.
• Monitor and manage project costs under his responsibility, ensure budget compliance, validate expenses, and report variances to maintain profitability.

Profile Requirements

• 2+ years of experience
• Willing to travel 85% of the time
• Studies in electrical/mechanical engineering or similar
• Must have the training or ability certificate, as well as present it.
• Not have criminal or police record due to the location of the project.
• Experience in team management & leadership skills.
• Excellent communication and motivational skills
• Taking the initiative, work autonomously
• Customer orientation & flexibility
• Planning and organization
• Stress resistance
• Safety awareness
• International and multicultural awareness

Languages (level)

• Spanish: native or advanced level
• Fluent English (minimum B2 level)
• Knowledge of other languages such as French, Italian, and German will be an asset