About the role
Drainage Supervisor – Join Our Team
We’re looking for an experienced Drainage Supervisor to lead a small, high-performing team delivering essential highway and drainage works.
This is a hands-on role where you’ll take ownership of day-to-day operations across a variety of civils activities — from drainage installation and kerbing through to reinstatement and footway construction.
What you'll be doing
- Leading a 3–4 person team on drainage and highways works
- Overseeing activities including drainage installs, gully works, soakaways, kerbing, and reinstatement
- Managing site performance, productivity, and safety
- Producing work packs, programmes, and site documentation
- Liaising directly with the client and stakeholders to manage changes and updates
- Carrying out audits and promoting best practice across site
- Keeping accurate daily records to support project delivery
- Supporting future works planning and attending key meetings
You’ll also work across systems such as Confirm, BIM and other digital platforms, ensuring works are tracked and reported effectively.
Who we're looking for
- Strong background in drainage and highways works
- Proven experience supervising site teams
- Ability to manage programmes, site changes, and client communication
- Good IT skills (Microsoft packages essential)
- A proactive approach to safety, audits, and continuous improvement
What’s in it for you?
- Company van provided
- Diverse workload across both drainage and civils activities
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us?
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…
About us
Balfour Beatty Living Places works in long-term partnerships with local authorities to create great places to live, work and play. We actively engage with local people to understand the needs of the communities we work in and shape the places where local economies can thrive and grow. As a leader in sustainable working, diversity, and social value, we use our expertise to bring real, positive change for our customers.
Diversity and inclusion
At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: [email protected]
Job Reference: BBUK18649
