Cladding Supervisor

Astute People; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Astute People is recruiting a Cladding Supervisor for an Energy from Waste project in London on a 24-month minimum contract. The role oversees cladding subcontractors, ensures safety compliance, and coordinates daily activities with the construction team.

Candidates must hold SSSTS and CSCS Gold cards, and have experience supervising cladding on large building envelope projects. UK work eligibility is required; outside IR35 applies.

Qualifications

• Must be able to read and interpret construction programmes.
• Experience supervising cladding subcontractors on large projects.
• In-date SSSTS & CSCS Gold card required.
• Experience with work at height and lifting of cladding materials.
• Ideally on Energy from Waste or large industrial envelope projects.

Responsibilities

• Know the daily and weekly programme activities for the cladding package.
• Drive subcontractor productivity to meet or improve planned dates.
• Confirm labour, materials, access equipment and permits each morning; ensure IPAF PAL card is valid for machine category.
• Check RAMS and equipment limits before work at height or lifting starts.
• Attend morning coordination meetings and identify blockers before they affect programme.

Skills

Programme planning

Subcontractor management

Site permits

MEWP/IPAF

RAMS compliance

Safety coordination

SSSTS CSCS Gold

Cladding supervision

Work at height

Lifting operations

Energy from Waste experience

Job description

Astute's Power team are looking to recruit a Cladding Supervisor on an Energy from Waste Project in London on a 24-month minimum contract.

Key skills

• Know the daily and weekly programme activities for the cladding package.
• Drive subcontractor productivity to meet or improve planned dates.
• Confirm labour, materials, access equipment (MEWPs, scaffold, lifting) and permits each morning before work starts, and that MEWP operators hold a valid IPAF PAL card for the machine category.
• Check RAMS and equipment limits before work at height or the lifting of cladding materials starts and stop work where those limits are exceeded.
• Attend the morning coordination meeting; confirm prior day's progress and identify blockers before they affect programme.
• Candidates must hold an in-date SSSTS & CSCS Gold card
• Candidates must have experience in supervising cladding subcontractors on building envelope installation on a large construction project.
• Must have experience supervising working at heights and lifting of cladding materials
• Must also ideally hold experience on an Energy from Waste or large industrial building envelope projects.

Location, remuneration and timeframe of the Cladding Supervisor role

• London
• October 2026
• 24 months minimum
• Outside IR35

We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation.

We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK.

Astute is also committed to the government's Disability Confident Employer initiative.