Apprentice Construction Site Supervisor
H B TUNNELLING LTD
SANDTOFT (DN8 5SX)
Closes on Sunday 30 November 2025
Posted on 24 October 2025
Contents
Summary
You’ll gain hands-on experience in innovative underground construction methods, learning from skilled engineers on live projects across the UK. This apprenticeship offers real responsibility, industry qualifications, and the chance to build a long-term career in a fast-growing engineering sector.
- Wage
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£22,000 a year
- Training course
- Construction site supervisor (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 07:30 - 17:30 with 2 x 30 minute breaks.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Saturday 3 January 2026
- Duration
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3 years
- Positions available
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2
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
General duties including:
- Assisting with the supervision of specialist trenchless and tunnelling crews on live construction sites
- Supporting the control of health, safety, and environmental standards in challenging underground environments
- Recording and reporting progress, quality, and productivity on tunnelling and shaft works
- Helping with surveying, setting out, and quality assurance during microtunnelling and pipe jacking operations
- Monitoring materials, plant, and subcontractors, ensuring works meet design and safety requirements
- Assisting commercial and project teams with cost tracking and documentation to support project delivery
Where you'll work
UNIT 1
HIGH PREMIER IND ESTATE
BELTON ROAD
SANDTOFT
DN8 5SX
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
DN COLLEGES GROUP
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
- Construction site supervisor Level 4 (Higher national certificate)
- Training will be at Doncaster College where you will access a wide range of facilities on offer
Day release.
You will undertake Construction Site Supervisor Level 4 Standard.
Construction site supervisor / Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education
You will undertake Functional Skills for English and/or Maths if needed.
You will undertake both on and off-the-job job training by a team of industry-qualified professionals to give you the best skills, knowledge, and experience.
More training information
- We need to ask all applicants whether they have any relevant criminal convictions and or pending investigation as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
- Relevant meaning offences against a person, whether violent or sexual, offences involving drugs or controlled substances, or theft
- A declaration of a relevant Criminal Conviction will result in a Risk Assessment being carried out to determine whether the applicant poses a risk to the welfare or safety of others
- This does not include warnings, cautions, reprimands and (for example) speeding fines/points
- You will be asked about this when we contact you to arrange a pre-screening Interview.
- A YES ANSWER DOS NOT AUTOMATICALLY EXCLUDE YOUR APPLICATION
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Other in:
- before site work begins. (grade CSCS)
- or provisional working toward full in next 6 Month (grade Full UK Driving Licence)
Desirable qualifications
Other in:
- basic CAD (grade surveying equipment)
- even short placements or work experience. (grade N/A)
- or similar technical subject. (grade Level 2 Qualification)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted 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
- Creative
- Initiative
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
Must be 18+ You must be able to travel to and from work and college. Apprentices are paid for their normal working hours and training that's part of their apprenticeship (usually one day per week). The Apprenticeship National Minimum Wage guide is updated every April (ANMW): https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates
About this employer
HB Tunnelling Limited is a specialist civil engineering contractor delivering trenchless and tunnelling solutions across the UK. We work on major infrastructure projects for leading utilities and construction clients, using innovative techniques such as microtunnelling, auger boring, pipe jacking, and shaft construction. Our teams are passionate about safety, quality, and developing the next generation of tunnelling professionals through hands-on training and career progression.
After this apprenticeship
- On successful completion of the apprenticeship, you’ll have the skills and experience to progress into a Site Engineer or Construction Site Supervisor role within HB Tunnelling
- With further experience and training, you can advance to Sub Agent, Project Engineer, or Site Manager, working on major tunnelling and trenchless infrastructure schemes across the UK
- The company actively supports continued professional development and progression toward EngTech or Incorporated Engineer (IEng) status through recognised industry bodies such as the ICE or CIHT
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
DN COLLEGES GROUP
Anna Phoenix
Anna.Phoenix@don.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000348311.
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Closes on Sunday 30 November 2025
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