Apprentice Site Supervisor

Avove Utilities

Durham (DH1 1TH)

Closes in 18 days (Sunday 25 May 2025)

Posted on 6 May 2025

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Summary

You will learn from our Site Managers, learning about site operations - directing and organising site activities to ensure that all planned works are delivered safely on time and to the programme set out. You will also learn how to monitor quality and performance to make sure standards of health and safety, productivity and quality are high.

Wage

Competitive

Competitive wage offered

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Training course
Construction site supervisor (level 4)
Hours
Monday to Friday. Start and finish times to be decided.

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 15 September 2025

Duration

2 years

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

  • Learning about risk and opportunity and its effect both before and during construction and how to maintain the project risk and opportunity management plan. Along with this learning how to approve change control and coordinate its response
  • Learn how to allocate project resources, scheduling the availability of internal and external resources
  • Help to identify the best options and solutions for the projects
  • Understand how to assess, identify and record the environmental impact of projects where needed
  • Develop the ability to lead and manage stakeholders and subcontractors to make sure everyone is meeting the required standards and the programme is progressing
  • Learn about HSEQ and make sure the team always complies with all rules and systems and promotes this continuously
  • Develop commercial and finance skills to take part in monthly cost reconciliation meetings and to be able to review the final account before submission to client
  • Be trained to carry out quality and statutory checks in line with contract specifications and contract statement of requirements and monitor construction performance undertaking regular threats and issues reviews

Where you'll work

Orwell House Unit 9
Mandale Park, Belmont Industrial Estate
Durham
DH1 1TH

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ESTATE MANAGEMENT

Your training course

Construction site supervisor (level 4)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Identify risk of activities and encourage all employees to demonstrate safety-conscious behaviours.
  • Assess, identify and record the environmental impact of projects.
  • Assist in the implementation of the most appropriate solutions for construction projects.
  • Use effective management principles and be able to supervise construction workers.
  • Understand overall plan for project and measure and record progress against plan.
  • Assess and report on quality standards and assist in commissioning of finished construction projects.
  • Understand financial and legal constraints and measure and record progress against budget.

Your training plan

  • Construction Site Supervisor Level 4 Apprenticeship Standard
  • You will train both onsite with our experienced colleagues and online with our training provider

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4/C or above)
  • Maths (grade 4/C or above)

Other in:

Any (grade 64 UCAS points)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Patience
  • Physical fitness

Other requirements

You need good digital skills and can use Microsoft office. We would also like you to be able to show you have good written skills and can talk to others well. You will need to be organised and have a good attention to detail. You need to be self-driven and have a desire to learn how to manage and lead people. This is site based and outdoors.

About this company

We design, build, and maintain the UK’s utilities infrastructure to help transform local communities for the better. We provide cutting-edge and sustainable engineering solutions and play a critical role in helping to keep the water running, the lights on and people connected.

https://www.avove.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

24 days holiday plus bank holidays, Apprentice bonus scheme, Support with paid driving lessons for those apprentices eligible, Company pension scheme, Life assurance, A selection of lifestyle benefit options, Financial wellbeing programme

After this apprenticeship

  • Go on to study Level 6 Degree Apprenticeship in Site Management
  • Fully qualified Site Manager

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

Avove Utilities

Gill Roberts

early.careers@avove.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000318754.

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Closes in 18 days (Sunday 25 May 2025)

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Company’s application instructions

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