At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead site operations for a major renewable energy project, ensuring productivity and safety.
- Company: Specialist civil contractor focused on infrastructure in power and renewable energy sectors.
- Benefits: $170k + super, company vehicle, iPad, laptop, and flexible roster with long weekends.
- Other info: Immediate start available; dynamic environment with excellent growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Join a key role in a cutting-edge BESS project and advance your career to Construction Manager.
- Qualifications: Strong hands-on experience in bulk earthworks, pit and pipe, and footing construction.
The predicted salary is between 94500 - 115500 $ per year.
Our client is a specialist civil contractor delivering infrastructure across the power, utilities, transport, land development and renewable energy sectors. They have been awarded the civil package on a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project in the NSW Riverina, and need an experienced Site Civil Supervisor on the ground immediately.
This role will suit a hands-on civil supervisor who leads from the front and knows how to drive crews to a tight program. It is not a project management role. A strong PM is already in place, and they need someone running the site day to day.
The Role
- You will lead 2 leading hands with crews of 4 under each, plus subcontractor wet hire crews.
- The fleet includes dozers, grader, compactor, rollers, water cart, 5t and 26t excavators and large bogie tippers, with a very high volume of truck movements every day.
Key Responsibilities
- Site leadership - Run daily pre-starts, allocate labour, plant and subcontractors, and keep crews productive and clear on what the day needs to deliver.
- Manage performance, fatigue and welfare, and resolve issues before they hit the program.
- Civil delivery - Supervise bulk earthworks, access roads and hardstands, trenching, conduit, pit and pipe, drainage, and concrete footings and equipment foundations.
- Build to IFC drawings, ITPs and hold points.
- Program and records - Plan daily and weekly works with the PM, track progress, flag delays early, and keep accurate diaries, timesheets, plant hours and quantities in Assignar.
- Record client directions and out-of-scope work.
- Safety - Lead SWMS, permits and toolbox talks, manage the interface between plant and people, and stop unsafe work.
About You
Essential
- Very strong, hands-on experience in all three of bulk earthworks, pit and pipe, and footing construction.
- Proven site supervision of civil crews, plant operators and subcontractors.
- Experience managing heavy haulage and high-volume truck movements.
- Strong grasp of construction sequencing, drawings, specifications and ITPs.
- Confident using tablets and digital field reporting.
- Current driver's licence and White Card.
- Available to start on site immediately.
Highly Regarded
- BESS, substation or switchyard construction experience.
- Utilities, renewables or transmission and distribution projects.
- Assignar or a similar field system.
- First Aid, plant tickets, Working Around Mobile Plant and traffic management.
What's on Offer
- $170k + super.
- Company vehicle, iPad and laptop.
- Roster with regular long weekends home, with flexibility once the project is up and running.
- Clear path to Construction Manager within 12 months for the right person.
- A key role on a major renewable energy project, running October 2026 to around June 2027.
Site Civil Supervisor in Sydney employer: Indigenous Business Growth
Join a leading contractor in South East Queensland, where you will be part of a transformative transport infrastructure project valued at over $1 billion. Our supportive work culture fosters professional growth through mentorship and hands-on experience in complex brownfield construction, ensuring you develop the skills necessary for a successful engineering career. With a commitment to safety and compliance, we offer a dynamic environment that encourages innovation and collaboration among talented professionals.
Contact Details:
Indigenous Business Growth Recruitment Team
