Mechanical Superintendent

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Opportunity for a Mechanical Superintendent working with Dalkia on the Hinkley Point C Project,

Hinkley Point C is the UK's first new build nuclear power station in a generation that is critical to the UK NetZero targets. 

All roles on the project require key behaviours which support the Zero Harm objective, a questioning attitude, and drive to uphold the standards of safety and quality required by this prestigious project. A committed strong work ethic is essential at all levels. 

All candidates are expected to demonstrate their knowledge and experience where possible directly related to the criteria required for the role. It is acknowledged that previous Nuclear based experience will not always be possible, as such supporting with project research and how individual skills may be transferable will be important. 

There are opportunities to put together strategic people plans within the nuclear sector, work on wider company people projects, deliver an excellent first class service to employees and ensure the administration and processes that engulf working life are implemented effectively and fairly. 

This role requires an  11 / 3 Day working pattern,

Accountabilities:

• Promote and maintain health and safety, including site inspections to ensure safety rules are being implemented in support of a positive Nuclear Safety Culture. 
• Provide oversight of the activity of a number of teams, each led by a Supervisor. 
• Provide coordination of team activities to ensure delivery to specification (including safety, quality and schedule).  
• Provide a safe working environment for Supervisors and their teams to go to work. 
• Ensure Supervisors and their teams receive appropriate technical instruction and resources to deliver to specification. 
• Provide advice, support and coaching to supervisors, both informally and as part of the supervisory development programme 
• Posts will typically have line management accountability for non-working Supervisors and formal line management of their direct reports (for performance management, disciplinary activity, etc) 
• Leadership of multi-disciplined teams delivering within a specific area of the project. 
• Typically supervises a team of 3 to 5 Supervisors, each with 8-12 direct reports. Ratio will vary dependent on the scale and nature of the work. 
• Typically, these posts have a planning horizon of a month, developing and reviewing fortnightly programmes, over which to consider and plan the activity of the different teams. 
• Superintendents will be accountable for managing their area and coordinating with other Non-Superintendents, managing interfaces and interdependencies.

Key Deliverables:

• Act as the champion for quality and safety of the area's activity, ensuring a culture that supports safety and productivity across the area, and producing method statements. 
• Deliver the safety brief and toolbox talks in relation to the activity, clearly setting out the agenda to cover any new activity or areas where the 1st Line Supervisors may be less familiar with the process. Ensure that the brief is received and understood. 
• Coordinate and deliver pre- and post-job briefings to ensure clarity on the delivery of activity and tasks, and that feedback is incorporated into future plans. 
• Ensure instructions are issued to the different teams in the area and that they are allocated to the appropriate teams. 
• Monitor and check the work of the different teams to ensure adherence to safety, quality and time parameters.  
• Identify, monitor and manage issues that affect the productivity of the area. Develop ways of working to improve performance. 
• Produce programmes against the overall objectives of the area, ensuring this is translated into a schedule to inform the deployment of resources (e.g. calling forward stock, crane time, etc), so that the activity of the teams comply with the critical path of the project. 
• Ensure that other teams from the project (materials, logistics, scheduling) are informed of progress so that activity on site is reported and schedules across the project are developed to maximise productivity. 
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with the Engineering teams, to ensure technical questions coming from the operative teams are resolved quickly and efficiently, acting to coordinate a response from other technical teams in the project if required. 
• Liaise with peers and colleagues from other teams to ensure the activity of the area is integrated with the broader project, making planning adjustments as necessary to incorporate changes and interdependencies. 
• Lead the team, ensuring morale, discipline and productivity is managed (including timekeeping), identifying and dealing with issues that requires formal action, in accordance with corporate guidelines. 
• Undertake formal performance management of the 1st Line Supervisors, and Operatives where appropriate, to manage the capability and talent within the area. 
• Ensure training plans are designed and implemented for all 1st Line Supervisors and Operatives

Qualifications/Experience : 

• Educational Qualification Required:
• Client/Contractor National Safety Group Safety Passport [CCNSG]  
• CCNSG Supervising Safety Course  
• Site Safety Supervisors Training Scheme [SSSTS]

Previous Work Experience Required:

• Institute of Leadership & Management Level 3 Certificate in 'First Line Management' 

or 

• NECS Supervisory programme along with Operational Excellence

Knowledge:

• Experience being a team leader of operatives on-site. 
• Commercial acumen relating to on site productivity, wastage, time/hours. 
• Technical competence to the equivalent of the trade competency qualifications associated with the individual post 

Behaviour & Attitude 

• Problem Solving 
• Decision making 
• Communication and engagement 
• Building effective relationships

Health & Safety Responsibilities 

Managers and supervisors carry both legal and company responsibilities for ensuring the health and safety of their employees, those under their control, and those who might be affected by the work undertaken, i.e. public, visitors and employees of other organisations. This includes briefing individuals working for them and ensuring there is the necessary understanding, competence, and application of requirements to work safely and without harming the environment. 

Employees are responsible for ensuring they fully understand the health and safety risks involved in their work activities and their responsibility to apply the controls needed to manage those risks to acceptable levels. Similarly, where work activities can have an adverse impact upon the environment, and particularly where there are legal requirements, employees are responsible for understanding those impacts and the controls they must ensure are applied.

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.