SCL Engineering Supervisor

Role

The role of the SCL supervisor focuses on the technical aspects and quality control of the SCL construction.

The position reports to the Senior SCL Engineer and maintains a position that is independent to the delivery team.

The construction tasks to be managed are shaft and adit construction. The role will be located at one of four specific shaft work sites, which could change as work progresses.

The SCL Supervisor will be responsible for the engineering management of the SCL activities in the shafts and their related adits generally during the night shifts when the Senior SCL Engineer is not present. The SCL Supervisor is to act as an independent witness to the SCL construction activities and will have the authority to halt works where failure to follow agreed methodology or meet quality requirements is observed.

The SCL Supervisor will oversee, witness and record the Engineering and Quality aspects of the SCL activities as identified in the Inspection and Test Plan and ensure that the requirements of the RESS are followed by the delivery team.

The SCL Supervisor will hold a daily Shift Review Group meeting. They will prepare handover notes at the end of the shift and read and act upon the handover notes prepared by the previous shift. Any incidents, issues or points of note are to be clearly forwarded on to the following day shift,

The role will act as the assurance of the process during SCL production, ensuring the demands of the design is undertaken by the construction delivery team. The role will cover 1 out of 5no shafts in the Central Area.

The opportunity exists to mentor and develop the technical members of the shafts SCL engineering team.

Key responsibilities

This role will cover at least one of the following areas:

Engineering Risk Management

• Managing the monitoring of ground movements against predicted values
• Managing the response to unexpected ground conditions
• Ensuring that the construction team meets their responsibilities under CDM,

Quality & Assurance

• Oversight of materials testing; ensuring the correct tests are being undertaken in a timely manner for a particular section of the project, ensuring the results of testing are communicated
• Oversight of the production, review, approval and implementation of ITPs, which are produced by the construction team in accordance with the processes managed by the Quality team
• Oversight of the construction assurance process, which is undertaken by the construction team in accordance with the processes managed by the Assurance team

Design Integration and Change Control

• Reviewing permanent works design and ensuring appropriate input from the construction team
• Identifying any changes during construction that could have an impact on either the temporary works design or permanent works design and control of that change
• Oversight of temporary works planning, coordination, design, installation, use and removal including review and approval of significant temporary works: their design and method statements

Required qualifications, skills, behaviours and attributes

• SCL Engineering, Management, Production or Supervision experience (essential)
• Construction experience (essential)
• Temporary works experience  (desirable)
• Management of ground movement experience (desirable)