Job Description
NEC Site Supervisor
Job purpose
The overall objective of the Supervisor is to protect the interests of the Employer, whilst ensuring works are carried out in accordance with the contract.
The Supervisor’s role is to undertake the duties of the Supervisor under the NEC3 engineering and construction contract. The Supervisor is required to ensure that:
1. The works are provided to an agreed standard, quality control being a key part of the role.
2. They witness environmental tests and inspections to ensure that the executed works comply with the Contract and Works Information, including accepted design requirements, specifications and industry quality standards.
3. They manage the defects process, including the issue of the Defects Certification.
Accountabilities
* The Supervisor shall act in a spirit of mutual trust and co-operation with the Employer, the Contractor and the Project Manager.
* Both the Project Manager and the Supervisor roles act as agents to the Employer and are independent of each other.
* Whilst the Project Manager is the focal point of the contract, and it is their duty to manage the contract on behalf of the Employer (to achieve the Employer’s objectives with regard to budget, programme, quality), the Supervisor performs an independent role in regard to the quality of the works.
* To assure that the construction of assets comply with the technical and sponsor requirements and applicable standards, specifications and procedures by supporting planned Technical Assurance Reviews, “spot-checks” of Contractor’s deliverables, witness inspections and review inspection outcomes;
* To discharge the duties of NEC3 Supervisor
* To support Head of Engineering and Environment with internal and external reporting and risk identification and mitigation of construction quality matters;
* To represent the Head of Engineering and Environment as requested in matters relating to the NEC3 Supervisor
* Manage and communicate HS2 construction assurance and quality requirements to the IPT contractor;
* Provide guidance on quality issues for the asset, promoting use of best practice and innovative engineering techniques, technologies and processes, driving consistency and identifying opportunities for efficiencies within the IPT
* Work alongside Heads of Commercial and Project Clients with respect to accepting defects and marking & vesting.
Required criteria
* BSc or MSc in an environmental discipline, Construction Management or equivalent technical field, and a professional qualification is desirable
* NEC3 ECC Supervisor Accreditation is mandatory to be delegated Supervisor powers
* CSCS card
* IEMA Registered Environmental Auditor or relevant experience as an ECoW is desirable
Knowledge:
* Applicable UK construction and environmental regulations
* Understanding of the Regulatory/Legislative Framework relevant to HS2
* NEC contractual awareness specific to the Supervisor role
Type of experience:
Extensive experience in either the NEC Supervisor role, Environmental Clerk of Works or resident engineer on an equivalent large project within a similar type of infrastructure project.
A variety of relevant construction experience for the scope of work being undertaken in the particular contract (such as highways, earthworks embankments and cuttings, retaining walls, geotechnical, tunnels & shafts, structural steel, bridges, piling/d-walling, reinforced concrete, landscaping, ecology, planting, water courses, utilities)
Experience with quality assurance techniques such as auditing, surveillance, root cause analysis
gathering data in different systems and platforms and presenting this factually, objectively and conclusively