Commercial Landscape Construction - Supervisor

Location : Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and London
Salary : 28-35k
Vacancy type : Permanent
Vacancy ID : 43672

• Reports to the Contracts Managers and Operations Manager
• Liaise with the client on site where ever required
• To take the position of lead on all jobs that they are working on
• Supervise site teams on a daily basis to ensure that they work safely and maintain high standards of work (quantity and quality)
• Organise Chargehands, Foremen and site teams in the most efficient manner to carry out works, in line with individual skills, qualifications and experience
• Attend all department and client meetings as and when required
• Call off all materials required for the works and ensure full instructions are issued for all additional works before commencement
• Ensure that they and their Chargehands maintain all other paperwork required for site work
• Ensure their staff maintain high standards of dress and deportment whilst on site
• Ensure that site teams conduct themselves professionally whilst at work and particularly whilst on site
• Ensure that all works are carried out in accordance with the specification/contract/drawing, briefs from Contract Managers and clients
• Manage subcontractors deployed on their sites, ensuring that works are carried out safely, to agreed standards, and within required profit margins
• Ensure that site teams carry out Daily Activity Briefings, staff sign the DABS and then hand the completed forms to the Contracts Manager
• Check that all time sheets are filled in correctly and returned to the office on a Monday morning before 8.30 am
• Ensure that Plant Operators carry out plant checks and sign for them before handing the completed form to the Contracts Manager
• Ensure that their staff do not use any unsafe machinery or vehicles, report all unsafe vehicles or machinery to Contracts Manager, Operations Manager or SHEQ department
• Ensure they or their staff book out all vehicles and machinery
• Ensure that they and their staff are wearing the PPE detailed in the Risk Assessments or Method Statements
• Inform Managers about any staff that fail to wear PPE
• Report any accidents, incidents, problems, unsafe acts or near misses on site to their Manager
• Carry out TBT on a weekly basis, ensure staff sign for the TBT and return the form to the Contracts Manager
• Make sure that all staff under their supervision have read the Method Statements and Risk Assessments in the site book prior to carrying out work on site
• Report to their Contracts Manager any staff that are sick, absent or late for work
• Ensure the cleanliness/tidiness of their work areas on site and the overall cleanliness/tidiness of the works compound
• Check the cleanliness of their teamsâ?? allocated vehicles
• Act in the best interests of Frosts at all times
• Ensure that they are familiar with, and observe, the requirements of Frosts Health &Safety , Quality and Environmental Policies, Management Systems and Procedures
• Any other duties allocated by the Commercial Construction management team

Essential:

• Trade Skills (CSCS,CPCS etc)
• Behavioural Safety
• IOSH or SSSTS training preferred

Desirable:

• Horticultural awareness
• Experience in Construction 
• Previous experience of managing staff
• Competent numeracy and literacy
• CSCS Card Supervisor

Please quote 43672 when speaking with one of our consultants.