Senior Supervisor - M25 - Leatherhead

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About the role

The Senior 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 from pre-construction through to practical site completion, through the leadership / management of the Supervisor team and the associated processes, procedures and/or working practices.

The role leads the Supervisors who support construction phase relationships and information 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 preconstruction 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 process for handover between shifts.

Can be based at Dartford, Leatherhead or South Mimms with travel 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'
• Maintaining high standards of safety and quality control on the contract via the monitoring of the construction works.
• Resolution of technical problems on site.
• Representing the company in a professional and diligent manner; meeting and collaborating with the integrated delivery team to form strong working relationships.
• 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.

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 believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

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. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com