Site Supervisor
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Jenny Buckley
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Life assurance
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Opportunity to purchase health benefits & insurance
Site Supervisor
We're looking for a Site Supervisor to join our North Northamptonshire Council team based in Brixworth, Northamptonshire. We're looking for an enthusiastic individual with a proven track record in supervising onsite maintenance and improvement schemes. You'll be working on a live public highway, promoting a human-focused approach to safety whilst ensuring compliance with all relevant SHEQ processes and procedures.
Location: Brixworth, Northamptonshire – site based 5 days per week
Hours: Permanent Fulltime 40 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us
Salary: up to £40,000 per year + company van + excellent benefits
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.
What will you be responsible for?
As a Site Supervisor, you'll be working within the North Northamptonshire Council team, supporting them in delivering quality civil engineering projects. Your day to day will include:
- Ensuring the health and safety of yourself, the workforce and the public in accordance with Kier processes and procedures
- Managing and administering construction works including footway reconstruction, carriageway resurfacing, drainage improvements and structures repairs
- Carrying out regular health and safety inspections, monitoring progress on site and communicating any issues to site managers
- Supporting the implementation of CDM duties and ensuring ongoing compliance with risk assessments, method statements and safe systems of work
- Inspecting quality of work in accordance with inspection test plans, scheme designs and specifications
What are we looking for?
This Site Supervisor role is ideal if you:
- Hold relevant industry qualifications, including SSSTS or SMSTS, NRSWA Supervisor, 12D Lantra Traffic Management, Temporary Works Supervisor, and First Aid certification
- Possess a full UK driving licence and are willing to travel across sites as required
- Have proven experience supervising direct labour teams and civil engineering subcontractors within a construction, highways or infrastructure environment
- Demonstrate strong leadership, communication and people management skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with colleagues, clients and members of the public
- Have a solid understanding of civil engineering, resurfacing and structures works, alongside a strong knowledge of CDM regulations, health and safety standards, and safe systems of work
Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.
Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.
We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.
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Location: Northampton
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Vacancy ID: 12381
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Background check: None
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Closing date: 6 Oct 2026
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Contract type: Permanent
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Working hours: Full Time
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Flexible working: Yes
Flexible working could include part time, job share, condensed hours, or flexible start/end times.
