Construction Supervisor

Northumbrian Water; Sunderland; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water utility company is seeking a Construction Supervisor for their Network Design and Construction team. This permanent role involves overseeing mains renewals and new development projects, ensuring safety compliance, managing teams, and engaging with stakeholders. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong technical skills, problem-solving abilities, and a commitment to health and safety standards in water network operations.

Benefits

Generous holiday entitlement, starting at 23 days

Company pension scheme with double matching

Free access to local attractions

Discount scheme on shopping and travel

Award-winning wellbeing support

Support for sustainable travel

Financial wellbeing support

Opportunities for development and qualifications support

Qualifications

• Experience in a supervisory or management role is advantageous.
• Knowledge of safety procedures and hydraulics on a water network.
• Ability to work unsupervised and manage time effectively.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the effective delivery of mains renewals, diversions and new development projects.
• Manage crews and resources to deliver planned work on time and under budget.
• Monitor progress on sites with a focus on continuous improvement.

Skills

Technical Aptitude

Problem-solving Skills

Team-building Skills

Communication

Job description

Construction Supervisor–Network Design & Construction

Full Time - 40 hours per week

Permanent role

Salary – up to £50,500 per year(depending on experience)

Location – Washington, Tyne and Wear

We have 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 North Eastoperating 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 adhered to at all times 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 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.

Here at Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity, and encourage all colleagues to bring their most authentic self to work.

Our colleague network groups include our Rainbow Support Network (LGBTQIA+), REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), WiSTEM (Women in STEM) and Thisability (disability and neurodiversity) networks. They provide a safe space for colleagues from diverse backgrounds, welcoming all colleagues regardless of their personal characteristics to participate in valuable conversation that improves our organisational awareness, understanding and inclusivity.

We encourage and welcome all applications, as we strive to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to having diverse communities represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation.

Please note this role will require a DBS to be completed prior to employment

NWG are an inclusive employer who support the rehabilitation of offenders, we will not, however consider candidates who have certain unspent convictions to ensure our commitment to fostering a safe and secure working environment for all OR colleagues, suppliers, customers and third parties.

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, however if you have some of the skills listed, we'd encourage you to apply

NWG at a glance:

Our purpose at NWG is caring for the essential needs of our communities and environment, now and for generations to come.We do this by providing reliable and affordable water and wastewater services for our customers.

We make a positive difference by operating efficiently and investing prudently, to maintain a sustainable and resilient business.Our vision is to be the national leader in the provision of sustainable water and wastewater services. To support us in achieving our vision, we have five core values which are the guiding principles, defining who we are, what we do and how we do it.

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. Our ‘Tap Into’ benefits include:

• Generous holiday entitlement starting at 23 days, plus bank holidays and additional time off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. There’s also the option to buy or sell holidays.
• Company pension scheme, where we’ll double match your contributions up to an employer contribution of 11%.
• Free access to local attractions.
• A fantastic discount scheme, with savings on days out, shopping, travel and more.
• Award winning ‘Living Well’ wellbeing support, including access to a digital GP service for you and your family members.
• Support with sustainable travel – through salary sacrifice cars and a cycle to work scheme.
• Financial wellbeing support – access our community savings scheme, financial education and low cost loans through Salary Finance. We also provide 4 x Life Assurance and an Income Protection Scheme.
• Support with your development – we offer a range of development opportunities, can support you through an interest free qualification loan and we’ll even pay for any relevant professional body subscription.

This role has also been defined as a safety or security critical role and as a condition of a formal offer of employment you’ll be required to undergo a drug and alcohol test after the job offer has been made. This will be prior to or within four weeks of their start date.

Prospective employees and agency workers who fail a pre-employment urine drug screen will have their sample analysed by the Company appointed laboratory as a matter of course. Failing a pre-employment drugs or alcohol test may lead to the job offer being revoked.