We are pleased to announce an opportunity has arisen within our daily site operational team for a trainee site supervisor to join and complement our existing management structure. Potential candidates for this role must be able to obtain and retain Security Clearance to be able to be considered, therefore you must hold a British Passport. This is a permanent role based in the Reading area provides the opportunity to work across a variety of projects within the Defence sector. About the Role: £16PH with time and a half or double time offered when appropriate Based on a weekly rotation of earlies (05:30am -16:00pm) and then a week of lates (08:30am - 19:00pm) Overtime offered on weekends The successful candidate will undertake all activities associated with the wider construction delivery team as part of their personnel development and progression. The successful individual will have responsibility for assisting and reporting to the wider construction management team on a selection of work packages across the Project Mensa delivery scope whilst ensuring that the works are delivered to an acceptable standard of quality in line with safety and programme expectations. Working alongside the Construction Management team and wider sub-contractor teams you will assist in the front-line supervision and planning of the delivery for the programme work package(s). You will help manage day-to-day interactions between the various team(s) and the onsite sub-contractor(s). You will assist the Construction teams’ team with the production of deliverables by our delivery partners meet the correct quality, contract, safety, and within previously designated time requirements Work with the Construction Manager to deliver the scheme. Manage and coordinate site activities in line with the programme. Review on a daily basis outputs achieved and report to the Construction Manager. Ensure a quality product is delivered Ensure only adequately trained and experienced operatives are engaged on site to deliver the works. Undertake monthly ESH reviews with all suppliers and specialists. Deliver site inductions and regular tool box talk briefings to the site team covering appropriate Health, Safety and Environmental issues and ensure records of these briefings are maintained. Assist the Construction Manager in determining the best avenue of works, advising on specialists strengths and concerns. Record resources and monitor outputs against programme. Manage and coordinate site activities in line with the programme. Review on a daily basis outputs achieved and work with the Construction Manager to deliver the scheme. Must be able to coordinate and work with other teams and have basic multi-disciplinary knowledge CSCS Card (Preferable) SC Clearance (Preferable) LI-MF1 LI-On-Site Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do. Costain appreciate the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at application phase. We do share individual feedback following an interview. A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that disclose they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to the Disability Confident website: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/disability-confident-campaign