Electrical Supervisor - Water

Position: Electrical Supervisor

Location: Mid Sussex - Southern Water Region

Salary Guide: 50,000 - 55,000 (Plus Excellent Package)

Our client operates predominantly in the water industry and they have been awarded a programme of work to deliver non-infrastructure water and wastewater projects for Southern Water. They are provide a self-delivery design and build approach for non-infrastructure project delivery, turnkey capital projects, new build solutions, capital maintenance projects, process plant integration and commissioning.

They are relocating for two Electrical Supervisors for key projects in Mid Sussex. You will be expected to have a full understanding of the construction of electrical, mechanical, civil and process elements of the project. From planning stage, through construction and up to commissioning.

The overall purpose of this role is to supervise and lead site-based staff throughout their day to day work to achieve completion of projects as set out by Southern Water. Responsibilities will include:

• Work closely with the Site Manager on all operational activities.
• To plan work for, and supervise, the Projects team and any sub-contractors to ensure work is completed to a defined standard, within agreed time and budget.
• Proactively liaise with Project Engineers to prioritise work fronts.
• Ensure adherence to all Health, Safety and Environmental legislation.
• Responsible for daily delivery of site-based activities as per Programme.
• Actively participate in Daily Site Briefings.
• Ensure correct permits are in place where required and associated documentation is completed to a high standard.
• Ensure a high standard of productivity is realised on site activities with efficient planning of labour, plant and materials.
• Ensure adequate requirements are in place to deliver with zero incidents, on time, with zero defects and within customer compliance targets.
• Support Construction Manager in day to day activities, achieve adequate understanding of role to deputise when required.
• Creation of any required Risk Assessments and Method Statements ensuring suitable revision and review is applied pre and post job completion.
• Drive towards right first-time vision, continued job review and lessons learnt application.
• Attend meetings with adequate level of detail to provide sufficient and satisfactory updates to the client.
• Ensuring all weekly and monthly internal and external deadlines are met, and when asked prepare detailed reports to substantiate the figures.
• Work with Planning Engineer to ensure performance indicators are created, shared and utilised to drive performance.

• Managing and coaching individual's performance with the ability to manage a variety of cross functional team members.
• Ensure working compliance to Electrical Safety Rules on site.
• Expected to train to Approved Person (AP) level in relation to Electrical Safety Rules (ESR) and Isolation Safety Rules (ISR) where appropriate to the role.
• Carry out the duties of the Approved Person (AP), meeting the respective technical standard.

Qualifications:

• Relevant engineering degree or HND, BTec, professional level 5 award or equivalent NVQ level 5 qualification.
• Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) Card Holder.
• Valid SSSTS or SMTS.
• Temporary Works Supervisor certification.
• Proven experience in a supervisory role.
• Experience in safety management controls for construction works in general site conditions.
• Background in Electrical Engineering
• Experience of MS Project and or P6 Primavera planning software.
• Clear understanding of NEC form of contract is preferable.
• A sound understanding on planned preventative maintenance.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Good IT skills including a working knowledge of Excel and Word.
• Previous experience in Water/Waste Water is desirable.