Apprentice Site Supervisor

Avove

Birmingham (B3 3NH)

Closes in 22 days (Friday 29 May 2026)

Posted on 7 May 2026

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Summary

As an Apprentice Site Supervisor, you’ll learn how we deliver water and wastewater projects, from early design stages through to construction. You’ll work alongside experienced Site Managers, gaining hands-on experience in planning and running site activities safely and efficiently. 

Wage

Competitive

Competitive wage offered

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Training course
Construction site supervisor (level 4)
Hours
Monday - Friday 40 hours per week.

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 7 September 2026

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

What your day could look like…

  • Learning to manage risk, change, and opportunities throughout a project.
  • Responding to issues and communicating effectively with the team.
  • Understanding how to plan and allocate resources to keep projects on track.
  • Learning to assess environmental impacts and work with our environmental team to promote good practices.
  • Gaining experience in leading teams and subcontractors to meet high standards and deadlines.
  • Applying health, safety, quality, and environmental (HSEQ) standards every day.
  • Developing your commercial awareness to support financial reviews.
  • Learning how to carry out quality checks and meet contract requirements.
  • Developing client relationships and meeting agreed performance targets.
  • We give all our apprentices the equivalent of one day a week to dedicate to their studies and time to attend training with their apprenticeship provider.

Where you'll work

Birmingham
Birmingham
B3 3NH

Training

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

Training provider

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ESTATE MANAGEMENT

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.

Training schedule

This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

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

Other in:

Any (grade 64+ UCAS points)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative

Other requirements

You need to be 18+ years old for this apprenticeship due to health & safety reasons.

A full driving licence is strongly recommended. If you're learning to drive, we may be able to support you financially, depending on your circumstances.

About this employer

At Avove, we design, build, and maintain the UK’s utilities infrastructure—helping to keep water flowing, lights on, and people connected. We deliver sustainable engineering solutions and work with leading utility providers including Severn Trent, United Utilities, Yorkshire Water, Scottish Power, and Northern Ireland Water. We’re proud to be a responsible, agile partner, committed to improving communities and protecting the environment.

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

Company benefits

We offer a competitive salary and a wide range of flexible benefits including:

  • 24 days holiday plus bank holidays.
  • Company pension scheme.
  • Private GP helpline & health cash plan.

After this apprenticeship

Progression to Site Manager.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ESTATE MANAGEMENT

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000030496.

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Closes in 22 days (Friday 29 May 2026)

After signing in, you’ll apply for this apprenticeship on the company's website.