Site Supervisor

Company: Balfour Beatty
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Location: Peterborough
Job Description:

Overview

In this role you will oversee safe, on-time delivery of civil works across water and wastewater projects, collaborating with Site and Construction Managers. You drive progress, quality, and safety while mentoring on-site teams and coordinating subcontractors. You’ll enforce compliance with standards and method statements, promoting a proactive safety culture and efficient site operations. This is a hands-on leadership role shaping delivery on major infrastructure schemes.

Pay / Benefits

  • Smart working with flexible start/finish times
  • Up to 40% remote working where role allows
  • 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
  • Family-friendly policies including maternity/adoption and paternity/partners leave
  • Pension and employee share schemes
  • Volunteering leave and recognition programs

Responsibilities

  • Supervise daily site activities of operatives and subcontractors
  • Ensure works comply with Alliance requirements, regulations, permits, and method statements
  • Conduct site inspections, toolbox talks, and pre-start briefings to uphold safety culture
  • Monitor temporary works, plant checks, and on-site activities for compliance
  • Lead by example to encourage near-miss reporting, good housekeeping, and behavioural safety
  • Drive quality by following inspection and test plans to achieve first-time-right delivery
  • Track progress and resolve issues affecting programme or budget
  • Coordinate ordering and deployment of plant, equipment, and materials
  • Support, motivate, and mentor site teams and promote continuous improvement
  • Build strong relationships with colleagues, subcontractors, customers, and the public

Key requirements

  • CSCS Supervisor Card
  • Proven experience supervising civil construction activities
  • CITB SMSTS or SSSTS qualification
  • First Aid at Work qualification
  • Strong understanding of health, safety, environmental and quality requirements
  • Excellent leadership and communication skills
  • Strong planning, organisation and problem-solving abilities
  • IT literacy and experience with digital construction tools and systems
  • Track record of delivering projects safely, on time and to a high standard
  • leadership
  • communication
  • problem-solving
  • health, safety, environmental and quality management
  • quality assurance and inspection planning (IPT)
  • digital construction tools and systems

Posted: September 19th, 2026