Site Supervisor

As a Site Supervisor you will coordinate, supervise and manage construction site activities by either taking control of an element of work on a large substation scheme or by delivering all site-based construction elements associated with a smaller High Voltage Electrical scheme.

The key requirement of the role is to ensure construction delivery on-time and too budget to fully satisfy customer requirements. You will aim to continually develop and improve communications and performance within the Projects and Construction Teams.

The successful candidate will demonstrate a full understanding of the construction of electrical, elements of a project life-cycle. From the planning stage, through construction and up to commissioning.

• Liaising with all stakeholders to manage all construction activities, including progressing of programmes, risk assessments and method statements.
• Holding Competent Person status (CP) administering the Electrical Safety Rules (ESR) and ensuring safety process are upheld onsite
• Liaising with all Client Operations Teams throughout the construction phase.
• Receiving, managing and issuing drawings for construction at site level, checking construction meets the requirements of design.
• Working with the team members to ensure delivery on site is done safely, efficiently and is compliant.
• Overseeing, co-ordinating and managing all completions.
• Managing sub-contractor onsite activities.
• Managing internal direct reports for Construction team.
• Providing input into design reviews as and when required.
• Plan in advance, provision of all documentation, resources, tools, materials, consumables H&S equipment and transport, to ensure safe and efficient construction. Demonstrate this planning by providing a 1-week and 3-week lookahead.
• Managing and co-ordinating site Acceptance Testing as required.
• Managing the delivery of all ‘As-Built’ documentation throughout the onsite construction & commissioning phases.
• Completing site audits and inspections when required, ensuring the highest standard of quality is maintained.

Qualifications

• City and Guilds in Electrical engineering or a related field or relevant knowledge and experience in a similar role
• SMSTS
• Previous DNO authorisation to take and receive permits

Experience

• Extensive experience of working in a Live Open Busbar compound
• Indirectly leading and influencing people/teams from other functions
• Working to tight deadlines
• Supervising within a CDM environment for 3+ years

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Mathematical skills and the ability to apply them to solve problems.
• Leadership and managerial skills.
• Commercial awareness.
• The ability to work well under pressure and deal with unexpected change.
• Teamworking skills.
• Technical expertise
• Good IT and analytical skills.

KUS Power Engineering, part of the BRUSH Group, is a design and build, high voltage, electrical contractor committed to outstanding customer service and the safe delivery of turnkey substation projects from 11kV to 275kV.

With a proven track record of quality outcomes, KUS Power Engineering deliver contracting services to some of the largest organisations in the industry, seamlessly managing the design and delivery of a package of works while ensuring their timely commercial closeout.