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Civils Supervisor

3136

Bristol

Wessex Water
£34,000 to £44,000
Permanent
Construction
2025-10-14
2025-10-28

Are you an experienced Supervisor looking for a new challenge? If so, we have an opportunity to work across a number of sites throughout the South West of our region.

What you'll do

As a Supervisor, you will play a key role in managing our sites by ensuring that all construction activities are carried out efficiently, safely and to the highest standards.

Reporting to the Construction Manager, you will be responsible for supervising and directing staff and sub-contractors, maintaining site health and safety, and ensuring that environmental, quality and commercial procedures are followed.

Additional responsibilities include:

contributing to the daily planning of the work with our Scheduling team
managing resources and working with subcontractors to improve methods of work on site
delivering toolbox talks or other training activities
liaising with suppliers and members of the public
ensuring that work is carried out within budget while maintaining the high-quality product we are known for.

What you'll need

You will bring a positive, can-do attitude along with strong management and communication skills to motivate and get the best performance from the site team.

With a passion for customer service, you will be a team leader who can lead, direct and coach a team, as well as being able to plan and organise your own time, tasks and duties effectively.

You will need to possess good IT skills as the role involves using our online systems for management, procurement and finance.

In addition, you will need:

relevant repair and maintenance experience
the ability to develop ideas which will improve performance and influence Senior Managers in decision making
the ability to manage contractors
the ability to deal with the poor performance of direct reports
Supervisor Streetworks (NRSWA) training
SMSTS experience
experience as a temporary works coordinator
CDM awareness.

You will be required to work a standby rota with a minimum of 1 in 4. This may change based on area and team size.

What you'll receive

A combined pension contribution of up to 20%.
Career progression and professional development opportunities.
25 days' holiday rising to 28 with length of service.
The opportunity to sell up to five days of holiday every year.
The opportunity to buy up to ten days of holiday each year (subject to conditions).
A healthcare package that allows you to claim back healthcare costs.
Life assurance of up to eight times your salary.
The opportunity to lease a new electric car through salary sacrifice (subject to conditions).
Cashback and discounts from more than 3,000 retailers.
One paid volunteering day each year.
Enhanced family leave and pay arrangements.
Access to an interactive health and wellbeing platform.
Support from trained mental health first aiders.
A £1,000 referral fee if you recommend someone who is successfully recruited by us.

Who we are

YTL UK is part of the international YTL Group based in Kuala Lumpur. The UK companies include:

Wessex Water – one of the top-performing water and sewerage companies in England and Wales, serving 2.9 million people across the South West.
YTL Developments – a major UK developer currently redeveloping a 350 acre former airfield into an award winning, exciting mix of houses, apartments, schools, commercial space, restaurants and hotels, to make a truly sustainable new community.
YTL Construction UK – a top 20 UK contractor providing fully integrated services to infrastructure, residential, commercial, industry, energy and environmental sectors.
YTL Arena – the development and operation of an entertainment complex that includes a 19,000 capacity arena, conferencing and exhibition space.
plus a number of other retail, environmental and specialist businesses.

Our people tell us that YTL UK is a great place to work, which is why so many of them stay with us! You will have a unique opportunity to develop and progress your career within such a diverse group.

We are passionate about diversity and inclusion – with that in mind, all applicants are welcome. We are delighted to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are a Disability Confident Employer.

If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process, please inform a member of our Recruitment team

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