Location: Shinfield | Contract Type: Permanent | Working Pattern: Full-Time | Site Based | Regular Travel
Pay / Benefits: Remuneration for this role is benchmarked competitively within our sector.
OCU is delivering critical overhead line infrastructure projects that support the growth and resilience of the UK's electricity network. As an OHL Supervisor, you'll provide frontline leadership across site operations, ensuring work is delivered safely, efficiently, and to the highest standards of quality and compliance.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced overhead line professional looking to take ownership of site activities, mentor delivery teams, and play a key role in the successful delivery of major power infrastructure projects. If you thrive in a hands-on leadership role and are passionate about safe and effective project delivery, we'd like to hear from you.
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Lead and coordinate day-to-day overhead line construction activities on site.
- Brief teams on planned works, ensuring all activities are carried out safely and in accordance with approved procedures.
- Monitor site performance to ensure work is completed to the required quality, programme, and safety standards.
- Ensure teams have the correct PPE, plant, tools, and equipment to undertake their work safely.
- Liaise with Senior Authorised Persons and operational stakeholders to coordinate outages, earthing, and network requirements.
- Conduct regular site inspections, audits, and safety observations to maintain compliance and drive continuous improvement.
- Review project documentation, risk assessments, and completed records to ensure accuracy and compliance.
- Support, coach, and mentor operational teams, promoting best practice and high standards of workmanship.
- Identify site issues and implement solutions to minimise disruption and maintain project progress.
- Communicate project changes, risks, and commercial events to project teams and management as required.
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Previous experience supervising overhead line construction or electrical distribution activities within the utilities or power sector.
- Strong understanding of safe systems of work, risk assessments, and site safety requirements.
- Experience leading field-based teams and coordinating multiple work activities.
- Good understanding of electrical distribution or overhead line construction practices.
- Strong organisational, communication, and leadership skills.
- Ability to effectively manage site issues and make decisions in a fast-paced operational environment.
- Full UK driving licence.
- Experience working within DNO, ICP, or electrical distribution network environments.
- Bonus if you hold NRSWA, IOSH, or other relevant utility sector qualifications.
- It would be great if you have knowledge of NERS requirements and utility industry compliance frameworks.
- It would be great if you've worked closely with SAPs and outage planning processes.
- Experience using workforce management systems, digital reporting tools, or project management software would be advantageous.
At OCU, we believe that meaningful work should come with meaningful support. That's the principle behind Careers with Purpose, our commitment to ensuring every person at OCU feels supported, developed, and valued, not just in their role today, but throughout their career with us.
Alongside the opportunity to work on some of the UK's most significant infrastructure projects, we offer a benefits package that we are continuing to develop as we grow, and the kind of career acceleration that only comes from being inside a business moving at this pace.
As a rapidly growing organisation, there are genuine opportunities to progress, broaden your experience, and build a long-term career within OCU Group.
For a confidential conversation about this opportunity, please contact
Jonathan Bryden at
[email protected].
Our vacancies are typically advertised for two weeks; however, we reserve the right to close applications early should we receive a sufficient number of suitable candidates. We therefore encourage early applications.
At OCU Group, we don’t just deliver infrastructure - we help power modern life.
As one of the UK’s fastest-growing utility and infrastructure businesses, we deliver complex, nationally critical projects across power, energy transition, water, telecoms, and digital infrastructure. Over the last five years, OCU has grown five-fold to a £1.1bn organisation, expanding both organically and through strategic acquisitions across the UK, Australia, New Zealand and India.
Our growth is driven by ambitious people, operational excellence, and a commitment to doing things properly. We work on projects that genuinely matter by supporting the UK’s energy transition, strengthening essential infrastructure, and helping build more sustainable communities for the future.
Whether you’re an experienced professional looking to take ownership of major projects and influence delivery at scale, or someone starting your career through an apprenticeship, graduate programme, or placement route, OCU offers real opportunity to grow, develop, and make an impact.
We are building a business where high performance, collaboration, innovation, and accountability sit at the centre of our culture. Our people are trusted to lead, encouraged to challenge thinking, and supported to continuously develop their skills and careers.
At OCU, you won’t just join a growing business, you’ll help shape it.
Our Culture & Values
At OCU, our values are at the heart of everything we do. We care about safety, lead with integrity, strive to be better every day, make a positive impact, and deliver to grow, together, as One Company United.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
At OCU Group, we believe diversity, inclusion, and belonging are fundamental to building stronger teams, better ideas, and a more successful business. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels valued and supported.
As part of our commitment to fairness and equality, candidates may be asked to complete an equal opportunities monitoring form during the recruitment process. This information is used for monitoring purposes only and plays no part in hiring decisions.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and are committed to offering interviews to candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions who meet the essential criteria for the role.
To ensure that everyone has a fair opportunity to join our team, please inform us if you require any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment and interview process is, by emailing
[email protected].
