Apprentice site team leader/Supervisor
DBR BUILDERS (NW) LTD
Wigan (WN5 9DQ)
Closes in 21 days (Monday 30 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 23 May 2025
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Summary
We are currently looking for an aspiring young site operative who is looking to develop and grow a career as a team leader for our sites in and around the Wigan area. If you have experience working on building sites and want to take the next step this is the opportunity for you.
- Wage
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£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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Salary will be reviewed over the duration of the Apprenticeship based on performance.
- Training course
- Team leader (level 3)
- Hours
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Between 8am - 5pm, Monday to Friday.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 1 July 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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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
- Assisting in the day-to-day running of residential construction sites
- Supporting the Site Manager with project planning and site coordination
- Performing general labouring duties (e.g. loading/unloading materials, keeping the site tidy)
- Learning to read site plans and health & safety procedures
- Monitoring subcontractors and tradespeople under supervision
- Helping to ensure projects stay on time and to specification
Where you'll work
The Old Carnegie Library
361 Ormskirk Road
Wigan
WN5 9DQ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
NORTHWEST EDUCATION AND TRAINING LIMITED
Your training course
Team leader (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Use resources to implement operational and team plans.
- Use tools to organise, prioritise and allocate daily and weekly work activities.
- Able to collate and interpret data and information and create reports.
- Identify and support the development of the team through informal coaching and continuous professional development.
- Use information and problem-solving techniques to provide solutions and influence the decision-making process.
- Use digital tools for planning and project management to monitor project progress, taking corrective action to deliver against the project plan.
- Review work processes to identify opportunities to improve performance and for continuous improvement.
- Use technology and software to produce documentation, such as spreadsheets and presentation packages to communicate information.
- Manage individual or team performance by setting objectives, monitoring progress, and providing clear guidance and feedback.
- Manage others through change by identifying challenges and the activities to resolve them.
- Interpret organisational strategy and communicate how this impacts others.
- Interpret and apply regulation and legislation, share best practices, and advise stakeholders on their application.
- Communicate information through different media, such as face-to-face meetings, emails, reports, and presentations to enable key stakeholders to understand what is required.
- Collaborate with stakeholders in the organisation to ensure the delivery of operational goals.
- Manage and maintain relationships with a diverse workforce and stakeholders.
- Negotiate with and challenge stakeholders to manage change and reduce conflict.
- Interpret policy and support the delivery of equity, diversity and inclusion in the workplace and monitor their impact on their team.
- Identify future changes in the sector such as technology advances that may impact their organisation.
- Monitor the use of technology and the potential to reduce energy consumption through their optimisation in day-to-day tasks, such as reducing the use of paper and switching off items when not in use.
- Use resources to implement operational and team plans.
- Use tools to organise, prioritise and allocate daily and weekly work activities.
- Able to collate and interpret data and information and create reports.
- Identify and support the development of the team through informal coaching and continuous professional development.
- Use information and problem-solving techniques to provide solutions and influence the decision-making process.
- Use digital tools for planning and project management to monitor project progress, taking corrective action to deliver against the project plan.
- Review work processes to identify opportunities to improve performance and for continuous improvement.
- Use technology and software to produce documentation, such as spreadsheets and presentation packages to communicate information.
- Manage individual or team performance by setting objectives, monitoring progress, and providing clear guidance and feedback.
- Manage others through change by identifying challenges and the activities to resolve them.
- Interpret organisational strategy and communicate how this impacts others.
- Interpret and apply regulation and legislation, share best practices, and advise stakeholders on their application.
- Communicate information through different media, such as face-to-face meetings, emails, reports, and presentations to enable key stakeholders to understand what is required.
- Collaborate with stakeholders in the organisation to ensure the delivery of operational goals.
- Manage and maintain relationships with a diverse workforce and stakeholders.
- Negotiate with and challenge stakeholders to manage change and reduce conflict.
- Interpret policy and support the delivery of equity, diversity and inclusion in the workplace and monitor their impact on their team.
- Identify future changes in the sector such as technology advances that may impact their organisation.
- Monitor the use of technology and the potential to reduce energy consumption through their optimisation in day-to-day tasks, such as reducing the use of paper and switching off items when not in use.
Your training plan
Training delivered in workplace
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Other in:
construction safety card (grade pass)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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
this role will involve working outdoors in all weathers and involve manual handling tasks.
About this company
DBR Builders (NW) Ltd, a fast-growing construction and property development company based in Wigan and have a number of projects around the area that are exciting and enabling the business to go from strength to strength.
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Company benefits
Hands-on experience across a variety of residential projects. One-on-one mentoring and career development support. Progression path towards a full Site Supervisor or Site Manager role.
After this apprenticeship
Progression will be available to specialist site supervisor level 4 and site Manager degree level.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
NORTHWEST EDUCATION AND TRAINING LIMITED
Emma Mortin
emma.mortin@nweat.co.uk
07512311041
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000322427.
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Closes in 21 days (Monday 30 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
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