Site Construction Supervisor (BESS)

<p><strong>Role Overview</strong></p><p>Client is delivering one of the UK’s largest Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facilities — a 320MW/640MWh installation at Monk Fryston, North Yorkshire. This project forms a central part of our client’s strategy to expand flexible, low‑carbon energy storage capacity across the UK and support integration of renewable energy into the grid.</p><p> We are seeking an experienced <strong>Site Construction Supervisor</strong> to support the onsite delivery of complex civil, structural and foundation works associated with the BESS facility and associated substation infrastructure.</p><p> This role is ideal for a seasoned civil supervisor with a strong background in large infrastructure, energy, utilities or power sector construction projects. You will ensure safe, compliant and high-quality delivery while coordinating effectively with contractors, engineering teams and project stakeholders.</p><p><br><br>All potential candidates should read through the following details of this job with care before making an application.<br></p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li>Supervise the site work activities to ensure they are being delivered in accordance with Safety, Quality, Schedule, and Environmental requirements.</li><li>Coordinate site construction works and activities with contractors and consultants ensuring safety documentation is in place.</li><li>Verify site construction progress and programme are accurately reflected contractor project documentation.</li><li>Provide daily diaries and weekly updates to the CPPM and CPM.</li><li>Liaison with various local authorities and departments, statutory bodies, landowners and tenants, community groups and leaders and wider stakeholders.</li><li>Attend joint briefings, talks, inspections and audits, meetings and events with the supply chain.</li><li>Ensure project risks are identified, understood and matters escalated as appropriate.</li><li>Liaise with Technical, Engineering, Procurement, Finance and Project Services to facilitate and support the procurement of the works packages and the delivery of site construction.</li><li>Capture lessons learned in relation to the implementation of the construction works at site to contribute to continually improvement and knowledge management initiatives to improve the delivery of projects.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Requirements</strong></p><p><strong>Essential Skills</strong></p><ul><li>Full UK working rights</li><li> Full clean UK driving licence.</li><li>Holds relevant Engineering Trade/Supervisor qualifications such as City and Guilds or CITB</li><li>Holds relevant safety qualifications such as SSTS, SMSTS, NEBOSH</li><li>Ability to review SSoW (including RAMS & PoWRA) and environmental mitigation plans and controls,</li><li>understand the requirements of Quality Inspection and Test Plans,</li><li> undertake Safety and Quality Audits and Inspections and to oversee the implementation on site of all such activities on site including corrective actions as necessary.</li><li>Demonstrates understanding of key project management considerations for major projects delivery e.g. project definition and set up, planning, cost, risk, quality and commercial management.</li><li>Good IT Skills including maintaining daily diaries and writing weekly reports.</li><li>Ability to feed into constructability reviews and Lessons Learned sessions.</li><li>Ability to communicate with Project Team Members, Contractors, and external Third Parties</li></ul><p>Personal Attributes / Competencies</p><ul><li>Regards safety as the highest priority.</li><li>Ability to effectively supervise and manage site construction definition and delivery issues and able to analyse and prioritise key delivery risks and issues for the project on an ongoing basis.</li><li>Delivery-focussed and able to achieve advantageous outcomes in demanding timescales within a high-pressure project environment.</li><li>Commercially aware with good influencing skills.</li><li>Displays leadership attributes and strong communication skills.</li><li>Ability to represent client externally.</li><li>Self-motivated, organised with good time management skills and able to work unsupervised in charge of contractors for small scale works.</li><li>Establishes and maintains effective relationships with internal and external project stakeholders, gains their trust & respect.</li></ul><p><strong>Experience</strong></p><ul><li>Experience in supervision and site construction management of significant work packages in a relevant discipline or subject matter field.</li><li>Experience of participation in medium/large construction delivery teams identifying and managing interfaces in the best interests of the project. xwzovoh </li><li>Experienced relationship builder internally & externally with key stakeholders.</li></ul>