Trainee Construction Supervisor - 2025 - Cambridge

Trainee Construction Supervisor - 2025 - Cambridge General information

City/town: Cambridge

Job field: Construction

Date: Monday, March 24, 2025

Type of contract: Permanent

ID: 4786

Description and requirements

Trainee Construction Supervisor - 2025 - Cambridge

We are excited to launch our Apprentice and Trainee roles, starting in September 2025!

Are you ready to kickstart your career in a team where you can make a difference?

Skanska, one of the world's leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.

As a Trainee Construction Supervisor, you will join the Building team's award-winning public-sector projects which have included Bath Spa University, the Royal London Hospital and Bristol schools.

What you'll do:

1. Assisting in the daily control, management, and coordination of site activities
2. Keeping a detailed diary of works planned and carried out by sub-contractors
3. Ensuring our sub-contractors are working to the latest programme of works, are signed up to the relevant method statements and checking they understand what is required
4. Contributing to site progress meetings
5. Building positive working relationships with sub-contractors
6. Solving issues on site and monitoring risks
7. Ensuring health & safety is adhered to, including site inspections, and conducting site inductions.
8. Ensuring that all relevant paperwork is received, reviewed and communicated where necessary
9. Logging and resolving any defects found and challenge current methodology by putting forward innovative ideas
10. You will be involved in all aspects of construction project delivery from concept design, through to construction, commissioning, validation handover and into operation.

What you'll bring to the role:

1. You will need to hold 5 GCSEs at Grades 4-9 including Maths and English. You will ideally hold a level 3 qualification (A levels, BTEC or their equivalent)
2. You should enjoy working with other people
3. Enthusiasm to learn and proactive approach to work
4. Passion for construction and making a difference
5. New ideas to help us innovate and work better

What we offer:

1. You will be a part of a community of 100+ graduates and apprentices
2. Funding and support to help you achieve a formal qualification
3. Support and guidance from experienced leaders and teams
4. Professional and social events
5. Opportunities to volunteer in the local community at least one day per year
6. Support to achieve your professional accreditation and expenses covered for the professional membership of your choice
7. Access to our employee networks including: Womxn's, Ability, Pride, O.N.E (Origins, Nationalities & Ethnicities), Military, and Mental Health & Wellbeing
8. My Rewards - an array of retail, dining, well-being and travel discounts
9. Cycle to work scheme
10. Flex-It programme to achieve a work life balance where possible

What qualification will you be studying towards?

Initially, you will be studying a level 4 qualification in Construction Management at a nominated local college or University, with the option to progress to a level 6 qualification afterwards.

At Skanska, we believe in our Purpose, we build for a better society. Through our Values of care for life, commit to customers, be better - together and act ethically and transparently you will enable us to deliver our purpose.

Equal opportunities

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic - we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams.

Reasonable adjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

More information about the role

Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska.

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