Birmingham
Birmingham, B3 3NH

Avove - Apprentice Site Supervisor

Salary: Competitive
Working Pattern: Full Time
Contract Type: Apprenticeship
Hours: 40
Closing Date: Fri 29 May 2026 - 11:59 pm UTC
Avove - Apprentice Site Supervisor

Summary

As an Apprentice Site Supervisor, you’ll learn how we deliver water and wastewater projects, from early design stages through to construction. You’ll work alongside experienced Site Managers, gaining hands-on experience in planning and running site activities safely and efficiently. 

Annual wage: Competitive
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Training course: Construction site supervisor (level 4)

Hours
Monday - Friday 40 hours per week.
40.0 hours a week

Possible start date: Monday 07 September 2026

Duration: 2 Years

Positions available: 1

Work

As an apprentice, you'll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You'll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you'll do at work

What your day could look like…

  • Learning to manage risk, change, and opportunities throughout a project.
  • Responding to issues and communicating effectively with the team.
  • Understanding how to plan and allocate resources to keep projects on track.
  • Learning to assess environmental impacts and work with our environmental team to promote good practices.
  • Gaining experience in leading teams and subcontractors to meet high standards and deadlines.
  • Applying health, safety, quality, and environmental (HSEQ) standards every day.
  • Developing your commercial awareness to support financial reviews.
  • Learning how to carry out quality checks and meet contract requirements.
  • Developing client relationships and meeting agreed performance targets.
  • We give all our apprentices the equivalent of one day a week to dedicate to their studies and time to attend training with their apprenticeship provider.

Where you'll work

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ESTATE MANAGEMENT

Your training course

Construction site supervisor (level 4)

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4/C or above)
  • Maths (grade 4/C or above)
  • Any (grade 64+ UCAS points)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative

Other requirements

You need to be 18+ years old for this apprenticeship due to health & safety reasons.

A full driving licence is strongly recommended. If you're learning to drive, we may be able to support you financially, depending on your circumstances.

About this company

At Avove, we design, build, and maintain the UK’s utilities infrastructure—helping to keep water flowing, lights on, and people connected. We deliver sustainable engineering solutions and work with leading utility providers including Severn Trent, United Utilities, Yorkshire Water, Scottish Power, and Northern Ireland Water. We’re proud to be a responsible, agile partner, committed to improving communities and protecting the environment.

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Company benefits

We offer a competitive salary and a wide range of flexible benefits including:

  • 24 days holiday plus bank holidays.
  • Company pension scheme.
  • Private GP helpline & health cash plan.

After this apprenticeship

Progression to Site Manager.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

Avove

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000030496.

Apply now

Closes on Friday 29 May 2026

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