Agency: Search Consultancy

Location: Newton Abbot

Search Consultancy is looking for an experienced, proactive Civil Site Supervisor to join a major civil engineering project in Newton Abbot. We are partnering with a well-established civil main contractor requiring an attentive supervisor to manage daily site operations, coordinate sub-contractors, and enforce high safety and quality standards.

If you are a Site Supervisor with a strong civils background who excels at keeping workforce gangs on track, enforcing strict safety protocols, and driving project programs forward, we have immediate starts available now.

The Role

• Site Supervision: Managing daily site operations, directing groundworks/civils gangs, plant operators, and sub-contractors to ensure tasks are completed safely and efficiently.

• Health & Safety Management: Delivering daily tool box talks, site inductions, enforcing RAMS compliance, and conducting ongoing hazard and risk assessments.

• Work Progress & Logistics: Monitoring daily output against project schedules, coordinating material deliveries, plant allocations, and managing site access.

• Quality Assurance: Inspecting ongoing works—including drainage, foundations, deep excavations, and surface finishes—to ensure strict adherence to engineering drawings and specifications.

• Client & Management Reporting: Working closely with the Site Manager, updating site diaries, logging shift records, and reporting on progress or technical issues.

Requirements

• Certifications: Valid SSSTS (Site Supervisors' Safety Training Scheme) or SMSTS is mandatory.

• CSCS Card: Valid CSCS Gold Supervisory Card or Black Manager Card.

• First Aid: Valid First Aid at Work certificate is required.

• Experience: Proven track record supervising civil engineering, deep drainage, earthworks, or highways developments.

• Skills: Excellent communication, strong leadership, assertive attitude, and full IT literacy for site reporting.

• Right to Work: Must have a valid right to work in the UK.

Why Work With Search?

• Competitive Earning Potential: Excellent, highly competitive rate paid weekly via CIS, PAYE, or Umbrella.

• Steady Pipeline: We partner with leading infrastructure and civils contractors across the West Country; when one project completes, we look to keep you in continuous assignments.

• Weekly Pay: Reliable, on-time payments hitting your account every Friday.

• Regional Support: Dedicated consultant support from our civil engineering desk to manage your placements and secure consistent work.