Construction Supervisor

NWG (Northumbrian Water Group); Essex; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced maternity pay

Enhanced annual leave with additional—

Company pension scheme

Digital GP

Award winning wellbeing website

Employee Assistance Programme

Life assurance

Professional subscription

Buy and sell annual leave

Discounts and cashback offers

Job summary

Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) is seeking a Construction Supervisor to lead the Network Design and Construction team in the Essex area, ensuring high-quality mains renewals and related capital works with a focus on safety and cost control.

The role requires strong team leadership, stakeholder collaboration and the ability to deliver projects on time and within budget while maintaining exceptional standards of health and safety and water quality.

Qualifications

• Experience in supervisory or management role with leadership behaviours.
• Experience with isolation operations on water networks; hydraulics and pipe integrity.
• Full UK driving licence required.

Responsibilities

• Deliver mains renewals, lead renewal, diversions and new development projects.
• Manage crews across the Essex operating area and ensure on-time, in-budget delivery.
• Ensure health and safety, water quality, environmental and cost management guidelines are followed.

Job description

About the role

We’ve an exciting new opportunity for a Construction Supervisor to join our Network Design and Construction team in the Assets Directorate. This role will ensure the effective delivery of high quality and commercially competitive mains renewals, lead renewal, diversions and new development projects.

Job Description

We’ve an exciting new opportunity for a Construction Supervisor to join our Network Design and Construction team in the Assets Directorate. This role will ensure the effective delivery of high quality and commercially competitive mains renewals, lead renewal, diversions and new development projects.

Our team is dedicated to designing, planning and safely installing the network infrastructure that delivers water to our customers. You’ll take ownership of schemes, building relationships with internal and external stakeholders to facilitate the effective delivery of capital works whilst minimising the impact on our customers and their communities. You will work in partnership with the asset owners and others to ensure all work follows correct process and is delivered safely and without risk to our customers or ODIs.

We’re looking for you to be accountable for crews working across the Essex operating area. You’ll be responsible for managing people and resources to ensure all planned work is delivered in time and under budget. Progress on sites is monitored, with performance measured and addressed appropriately through continuous improvement and escalated where the solution is outside of your control.

To be successful, you’ll need to demonstrate that you have a high level of technical aptitude with excellent problem‑solving skills; able to manage multiple demands from your team, ensuring that all construction activities are delivered in line with our guidelines on health and safety, water quality, environmental and cost management.

We are looking for someone with great team‑building skills, and a strong focus on commercial performance management and engagement, along with an ability and desire to create an open and positive working environment that people want to join. You’ll ensure that high standards of health and safety are always adhered to as well as ensuring all work is carried out in compliance with the NRSWA signing, guarding and traffic management requirements.

About You

It would be advantageous to have experience in a supervisory or management position or exhibit relevant leadership behaviours; and be confident working collaboratively with contract partners and stakeholders across the business.

You’ll ideally have experience of isolation operations on a water network, i.e. safety procedures and an understanding of hydraulics and the effects this can have on pipe integrity. You’ll previously have worked with deep excavations, large diameter repairs and been exposed to the operation of a large plant and equipment.

A full UK driving licence is required for the role. You’ll be a great communicator and be able to exchange information to a very high standard with both internal and external customers.

You’ll also demonstrate confidence and assertiveness when delivering important updates or requesting actions, ensuring clarity and maintaining positive relationships with colleagues, contractors and stakeholders.

You’ll have proven experience being technically minded and be able to work unsupervised and organise your own time and priorities. We’re looking for you to be self‑motivated and a good problem solver with the ability to work flexibly and prioritise tasks effectively.

Our Benefits

We’re a Great Place to Work because of the amazing people who work for us, and to say thank you we offer a range of benefits to colleagues.

Benefits to include, here’s just a few of them:

• Enhanced maternity pay
• Enhanced annual leave with additional special leave for Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve
• Company pension scheme
• Digital GP
• Award winning wellbeing website
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Life assurance
• Qualification loans
• Professional subscription
• Buy and sell annual leave
• Discounts and cashback offers

Here at Essex & Suffolk Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity

We encourage and welcome all applications, as we believe and strive to be an equal opportunity employer committed in having a diverse community represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation. We have our colleague network groups, including Rainbow Support Network (LGBT+), REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), WiSTEM (Women in STEM) and Thisability (disability and neurodiversity) networks too.

About Us

Here are NWG we strive to make Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) a Great Place to Work, for all. We embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity and encourage you to bring your full self to work. As an equal opportunity employer we’re committed to having a diverse community represented across our business.

We’re aware that not everyone will have every skill listed in the job description, and that female candidates are less likely to apply if they don’t have the full range of skills, however if you have some of the skills listed, we 'd encourage you to apply.