Delivery Supervisor - M25

Balfour Beatty plc; Leatherhead; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working with up to 40% remote

25 days annual leave

Pension

Share incentive plan

Volunteering leave

Recognition schemes

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc is seeking a Supervisor to oversee delivery of schemes within the M25 network, ensuring safe, compliant, and cost-effective construction. The role supports project managers and senior supervisors, focusing on design, H&S, asbestos and temporary works management as per NEC and CP/CPS requirements.

Location-based roles include Dartford, South Mimms, and Leatherhead offices with potential weekend/night work.

Qualifications

• Degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent.
• Experience leading construction teams on highway projects.
• Knowledge of NEC contracts and CP/CPS processes.
• Strong written and verbal communication and client-facing skills.
• Familiarity with Design Manual Road and Bridges and Specification for Highway Works.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate construction teams across schemes within the M25 network.
• Ensure safety and quality controls on contract works and resolve on-site technical issues.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with Portfolio Managers and project teams.
• Support handovers between shifts and cover for annual leave or training.

Skills

Team leadership

Construction supervision

HSE awareness

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Job description

About the role

The Supervisor epitomises our core values: One Team, Trust, Customer Focus, Respect, and Excellence and the behaviours that support them, which underpin everything we do.

To ensure safe, compliant and accurate delivery of schemes as the Supervisor, you’ll support the safe delivery of works across a number of disciplines withing the delivery portfolio within your allocated area of the M25 network. Your supervisory experience and knowledge will ensure planned and reactive operations run smoothly and challenges are resolved.

The role supports the Project manages and Senior supervisor who support construction phase relationships and information in CPS teams with the aim of ensuring we plan for safe and cost-effective solutions to maintain or improve the asset to the standards agreed. To ensure suitable engineering supervision of construction operations so to ensure CPS is confident Design, H&S, Asbestos & Temporary works are all being managed as per the expected design & process.

The role holds responsibilities of both CDM regulations and NEC contract requirements,
ensuring practical constructability reviews take place during pre-construction design stage and then ensuring inspection and physical witnessing onsite is undertaken during construction.

The role is independent from the framework contractors and is primarily focused on ensuring the project is constructed in accordance with the design, specifications and procedures set out by CP/CPS.

Ability to work weekends and nights as and when required, including developing and managing processes for handovers between shifts. Often standing in for the Senior supervisor when cover is needed for Annual leave and Training requirements.

Location: Dartford / South Mimms / Leatherhead offices and sites across the M25 Network.

What you'll be doing

Working collaboratively with the M25 Community for the schemes you will be
responsible for:

• Ensuring responsibilities and objectives set in each year’s Zero Harm Plan are met during delivery on each project in their portfolio and demonstrate leadership in continuous improvement of the culture of their team.
• Ensuring a high-quality relationship with Portfolio Managers and project teams to embrace the requirements of the one team approach.
• Developing good relationships with all other teams and clients to ensure that all parties’ project requirements are understood and accounted for.
• Sharing knowledge and resources when required across the Project Delivery Team, to maximise efficiencies and to limit risk exposure to the business.
• Leading the scheduling of work across their team to ensure utilisation is at a maximum.
• Supporting Portfolio Managers in the development their staff, where identified as adding value to the business.
• Driving and Living the Connect Plus Services Values – ‘Safe & Well’, ‘Excellence’, ‘Reliable’ and ‘Sustainable’
• As part of the integrated delivery team you will be expected to contribute to:
  o Maintaining high standards of safety and quality control on the contract via the monitoring of the construction works;
  o Resolution of technical problems on site;
  o Representing the company in a professional and diligent manner; meeting and collaborating with the integrated delivery team to form strong working relationships.
  o Develop design understanding to help provide a much needed link between design and technical construction engineering input onsite.

Who we're looking for

• Experience and ability to lead and manage effectively construction teams.
• Strong ability to drive continuous improvement and best industry practise within the team.
• Relevant knowledge of engineering and knowledge of what ‘good looks like’
• Drive and a desire to deliver excellence.
• Degree/HND in Civil Engineering or related discipline or equivalent experience.
• Experience of the design and construction of highway infrastructure projects.
• Good written, client-facing and communication skills.
• Diligent, proactive and thorough approach to detail.
• Collaborative and practical approach to problem solving.
• Knowledge of the Design Manual Road and Bridges and Specification for Highway Works.
• Experience in carrying out duties of NEC supervisor.
• Good knowledge of traffic management and temporary works.
• Civil Engineering / Construction qualification.
• Relevant knowledge of engineering and knowledge of what ‘good looks like’
• A working understanding of other engineering and construction disciplines, along with a willingness to challenge ‘the norm’.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About us

Connect Plus Services (CPS) brings together the collective strength of our parent companies - Balfour Beatty, Atkins and Egis Road Operation UK. With around 600 people, based at eight locations across the M25 network, we work on behalf of Connect Plus and National Highways to manage the operation of the M25 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, from routine maintenance to managing the whole-life requirement of thousands of assets across the network.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty, we want everyone to be able to thrive and achieve their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. We’re making great progress through our Value Everyone DEI Action Plan, but we know we’ve got more to do. Find out more about our values and DEI initiatives.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

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