Contracts Supervisor

Balfour Beatty plc; Warrington; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Balvac – Specialist Structural Repair & Maintenance is seeking a Contracts Supervisor to manage Balvac and subcontract resources on site in Warrington. You will ensure robust setting out, method statements and risk assessments, track programme and productivity, and champion behavioural safety on site.

You will lead internal crews and subcontractors, coordinate activities, review drawings and PMP compliance, and maintain records and as‑built documentation.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering structural repair or specialist repair on infrastructure projects.
• Strong team leadership and communication skills with ability to manage costs, safety and productivity.
• Results‑driven collaborator with emphasis on operational discipline and adaptability.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise internal crews and subcontractors daily; coordinate site activities and resources.
• Ensure works align with drawings, specifications and the Project Management Plan; manage dimensional control and setting out.
• Produce and review method statements and risk assessments; uphold Zero Harm and HS&E plans.
• Monitor programme, progress and productivity; maintain construction records and as‑built drawings.
• Proactively resolve engineering issues and support Balvac’s customer focus and innovation ethos.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication

Cost management

Safety management

Productivity tracking

Problem solving

Job description

About the role

Job Title: Contracts Supervisor

Location: Warrington – (Site Based- UK Wide)

Company: Balvac – Specialist Structural Repair & Maintenance

About Balvac

Balvac has been trusted to deliver innovative structural repair, strengthening, protection and maintenance solutions that extend the life of the UK’s infrastructure. Operating primarily across highway assets—and also in transport, energy and power,we specialise in structural concrete repair, corrosion protection, bridge strengthening, bearing replacement and concrete carriageway rehabilitation. Our integrated “4D” approach—Detect, Diagnose, Develop, Deliver—provides end‑to‑end services from early diagnostics through to safe delivery on site.

What you'll be doing

The opportunity

As a Contracts Supervisor, you’ll take day‑to‑day responsibility for managing Balvac and subcontract resources to deliver works safely, efficiently and in line with contract specifications.

You’ll ensure robust setting out, method statements and risk assessments, track programme and productivity, and champion behavioural safety on site.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise internal crews and subcontractors daily; coordinate site activities and resources.
• Ensure works comply with drawings, specifications and the Project Management Plan; manage dimensional control/setting out.
• Produce/review method statements and risk assessments; uphold Zero Harm and project HS&E plans.
• Monitor programme, progress and productivity outputs; maintain construction records, O&M manuals and as‑built drawings.
• Proactively anticipate and resolve engineering issues; support Balvac’s customer focus and innovation ethos.

Who we're looking for

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience delivering structural repair/specialist repair projects on infrastructure schemes.
• Strong team leadership and communication skills, with the ability to manage costs, safety and productivity.
• A results‑driven collaborator who values excellence, operational discipline and adaptability

Why Join Balvac?

• Work on complex, high-profile infrastructure projects
• Be part of specialist engineering team with real technical depth
• Genuine opportunities for career development and progression
• The backing, stability and benefits of Balfour Beatty
• A collaborative culture that values safety, quality and engineering excellence

Professional and personal development

The size and scale of Balfour Beatty coupled with our strong pipeline of work provides incredible opportunities, regardless of what stage you are at in your career.

We encourage and empower our employees to take control of their career and explore which part of the business they want to work in and what role is right for them. We actively encourage our managers and employees to have open communication throughout the year about wellbeing, development and career opportunities.

We're proud of the Balfour Beatty Academy. Whether it’s sharpening your technical expertise, improving your personal skills or seeking support to become professionally qualified, our 70:20:10* approach to development means we have a learning approach that suits everyone.

*70% learning on the job, 20% learning from those around you, and 10% formal training courses and learning events.

For further information about Balvac please go to www.balvac.co.uk You can also check out further job opportunities in the careers section

Why work for us

Professional and personal development

The size and scale of Balfour Beatty coupled with our strong pipeline of work provides incredible opportunities, regardless of what stage you are at in your career.

We encourage and empower our employees to take control of their career and explore which part of the business they want to work in and what role is right for them. We actively encourage our managers and employees to have open communication throughout the year about wellbeing, development and career opportunities.

We're proud of the Balfour Beatty Academy. Whether it’s sharpening your technical expertise, improving your personal skills or seeking support to become professionally qualified, our 70:20:10* approach to development means we have a learning approach that suits everyone.

*70% learning on the job, 20% learning from those around you, and 10% formal training courses and learning events.

For further information about Balfour Beatty Jobs please go to www.balfourbeatty.com/careers - You can also check out further job opportunities in the careers section

About us

Balvac is a leading specialist structural repair, strengthening and refurbishment contractor and wholly owned subsidiary of the Balfour Beatty Group. We value diversity and celebrate individual differences, believing that our inclusive culture helps the business continue to grow as a strong, dynamic and innovative organisation.

Our core business is the structural repair strengthening, protection and refurbishment of existing civil and building structure across the UK. We are active in highways, rail infrastructure, power including nuclear licensed sites and industrial facilities.

Specialist capabilities include: Concrete repair, including wet and dry spray concrete, Crack injection, Leak sealing injection, Structural strengthening including the use of FRP composite materials, Corrosion Protection and Cathodic Protection, Post tensioning to bridges, tanks and nuclear reactor vessels, Concrete carriageway rehabilitation using vacuum assisted void grouting and slab realignment techniques.

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 the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). 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/