Utilities Supervisor

We’re looking for a Utilities Supervisor to join our team working in the Redruth region. Within this role, we will provide you with a Company van for travel. You can enjoy progression opportunities, the opportunity to work on a wide range of projects of all sizes and complexities and even more!

Location: Redruth- with regular travel to surrounding sites so we’d love to hear from you if you also live in Bodmin or St Austell

Contract: Permanent, full time

Salary: £35k to £40k depending upon experience + compnay van

Responsibilities

Kier Utilities brings the built environment to life, keeping people and businesses connected.

In this role, you will be working on our National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) contract, where we work on maintaining the client electricity distribution network across the chosen area and providing power to the local community.

As Utilities Supervisor, you will play a vital role in managing the team responsible for all stages of excavation works on site and aspects of digging & lay on the electricity networks.

Your day-to-day will include:

• Supporting the Local Agent in the delivery of the daily activities in setting teams to work

• Responsible for a team of Operatives, ensuring they have the required tools and equipment to perform the planned and fault works

• Manage and inspect the plant, as well as order and manage materials

• Plan, manage and coordinate safety audits, incidents and investigations.

• Liaise and communicate with the client, customers, and local authorities

  
  

Who are we looking for?

This role of Utilities Supervisor is great for you if:

• You hold experience within the utility sector supervising a team

• Hold NRSWA qualification / SSSTS preferably at supervisory level, however if not we’ll help you obtain this

• Full Driving Licence

• Basic I.T skills
  

We’re all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don’t tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk to discuss and arrange these.

Benefits at Kier

We’re proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:

• New and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more

• A fantastic pension scheme

• A competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave.

• A huge range of deals and discounts at many your favourite brands

• 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family

  
  

And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website: www.kier.co.uk/careers/rewards-benefits

Who is Kier?

We’re made up of six business units, Group Functions, Construction, Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, Water and Energy and as a group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK. Take a look at our sustainability objectives: https://www.kier.co.uk/sustainability/

At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.

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 (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

You can see more about our D&I action plan here: https://www.kier.co.uk/media/6668/di-roadmap-2021.pdf

Closing date: 18 April 2023

Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.