About The Role
Network Design & Construction – Construction Supervisor
Full Time, Permanent
Location – Lound WTW, Suffolk
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 Suffolk 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.
Responsibilities
- Deliver mains renewals, lead renewal, diversions and new development projects.
- Own schemes and build relationships with stakeholders to facilitate capital works.
- Manage crews across the Suffolk operating area, ensuring safe and efficient site performance.
- Plan, monitor and report on progress, measuring performance and implementing continuous improvement.
- Ensure all work complies with health and safety, water quality, environmental, NRSWA signing, guarding and traffic management requirements.
Qualifications & Experience
- Experience in a supervisory or management position, or exhibition of relevant leadership behaviours.
- Confidence in working collaboratively with contract partners and stakeholders across the business.
- Experience of isolation operations on a water network, safety procedures and understanding of hydraulics.
- Experience with deep excavations, large‑diameter repairs and exposure to large plant and equipment.
- A full UK driving licence.
- Excellent communication skills, able to exchange information to a very high standard with internal and external customers.
- Technically minded, able to work unsupervised, organise own time and priorities.
- Self‑motivated, problem solver, flexible and prioritise tasks effectively.
Benefits
- 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
Who We Are
Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England as Northumbrian Water, and water services to 1.5 million people in the South East of England as Essex & Suffolk Water. We are proud to serve our customers and we’re committed to delivering great service, putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Here at Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity. We encourage and welcome all applications; we are an equal opportunity employer committed to having a diverse community represented across our teams, structures, and organisation.
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