Apprentice Front Line Supervisor

Job Description

Costain have won extensive work across the water sector to support the AMP 8 investment cycle.

We have been appointed by United Utilities as one of 7 partners to the Enterprise, delivering £5.5bn of projects in the Asset Management Period 8 (AMP8) between 2025 – 2030, and AMP 9 (2030 – 2035). Our scope is to provide project management, design, construction and commissioning services on design and build schemes throughout the North West and Cumbria region covered by United Utilities. Projects vary in value, covering both infrastructure and non-infrastructure assets on water and wastewater sites with wider Enterprise partners.

What does an Apprenticeship at Costain offer me?

The level and training provider for your apprenticeship will depend on the skills you present at interview. The Early Careers team will register you with a suitable training provider who can support the delivery of your qualification. Being an apprentice means you will work both on-the-job with your project at site, and off-the-job with the provider.

When taking on one of the many apprenticeships on offer by Costain, you will be supported by your project line manager and team, the Costain Early Careers Team, and the training provider of your academic qualification. The training provider may be a college, a university or even an independent training provider.

You will be supported throughout your apprenticeship by your local team and line manager, and you will be given time to carry out your studies with the provider etc. Your on-the-job training will be in line with the work available on site but will afford the opportunity to ensure that you are given on site experience required to meet the technical and competency levels in order to achieve your apprenticeship goals.

What will the programme involve?

• A recognised qualification:
• Day or block release at College working towards your qualification
• A mentor to support you through your EngTech
• Attendance on apprentice development programme
• On-going support and reviews on your progress
• 6 monthly pay increases based on performance and attendance
• Options to attend career events and promote the business
• Training in line with your qualification, to help personal development
• The opportunity to progress onto a further apprenticeship / chartership
  
  

As an Apprentice Front Line Supervisor, you will work under supervision with section/trades foreman, labour, plant, materials and sub-contractors to support the delivery of the programme.

Responsibilities

• Assist in managing workforce, plant and materials
• Communicate with rest of site team including Engineers and senior Forepersons
• Implement and promote safe systems of work over all activities.
• Ensure all records, regarding plant and hire equipment are in date and safe to use
• Attend and contribute to weekly meetings with site team regarding safety, progress.
• Ensure tool box talks, safety alerts and activity plan briefings are carried out.
• Ensure all statutory weekly or daily inspections are carried out, e.g. CTRM’S, assist development of the workforce and identify training requirements.
• Ensure high standard of quality on the works is maintained along with your relationship with the site engineers.
• Keep up to date with current legislation.
• Ensure you press pause to avoid errors
  
  

Knowledge, Skills, And Experience

Essential

• Able to read drawings and construct to them, work to a programme and keep written and electronic records
• Able to develop and promote safe systems of work.
• Able to help supervise direct workforce
  
  

Desirable

• Awareness of lean
  
  

Qualifications

• GCSE or equivalent 5 including English, Maths and Science (Grade 9-4 or A* - C)
• A Level or equivalent 3 A Levels to include Maths and a physical science (Grade B (in Maths) B, C or above) and/or BTEC or equivalent L3 Extended Diploma - Engineering related (Grade DDM or above)
• A passionate individual looking to undertake an apprenticeship with an award-winning employer
• An organised individual that can work well to deadlines
• Someone who is creative with a keen interest in the latest technology
• Someone that enjoys challenges and problem solving in their day-to-day work
• Communicating clearly, both written and verbally
• Problem solving
• Works well within a team, but equally on your own
• Using a computer and Microsoft software
  
  

Desirable

• Attendance of SSSTS
• NVQ Level 3 in Construction Supervision
  
  

About Us

Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

Costain appreciate the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at application phase.

We do share individual feedback following an interview .

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that disclose they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.

It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.

For more details please go to the Disability Confident website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/disability-confident-campaign