Mechanical Supervisor
Plymouth, England, United Kingdom Full-time Posted 1 week ago
Job Description
We’re looking for a hands-on Supervisor to lead and inspire our maintenance and engineering teams. In this role, you’ll oversee the installation, repair, and optimisation of mechanical systems, ensuring equipment runs safely, efficiently, and reliably. You’ll coordinate daily operations, manage preventive maintenance schedules, and mentor technicians—keeping projects on track and downtime to a minimum. If you’re a problem-solver with a strong technical background and a passion for leading people, this is your opportunity to make a real impact.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
QUALIFICATIONS
Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.
Costain appreciate the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at application phase.
We do share individual feedback following an interview .
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that disclose they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.
It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.
For more details please go to the Disability Confident website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/disability-confident-campaign
We’re looking for a hands-on Supervisor to lead and inspire our maintenance and engineering teams. In this role, you’ll oversee the installation, repair, and optimisation of mechanical systems, ensuring equipment runs safely, efficiently, and reliably. You’ll coordinate daily operations, manage preventive maintenance schedules, and mentor technicians—keeping projects on track and downtime to a minimum. If you’re a problem-solver with a strong technical background and a passion for leading people, this is your opportunity to make a real impact.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Accountable for HSE/ONR regulations being adhered to.
- All work carried out to Health, Safety and Environmental policies and conform to Mechanical safety rules.
- Liaise and build strong working relationships with Staff.
- Liaise with and coordinate all works associated to 10 Dock with all stakeholders within the wider Dockyard.
- Attend site Management meetings as required and ensure that information is cascaded to relevant team members.
- Hold regular meetings with Site Supervisors and Subcontract Supervisors.
- Ensure supervisors understand and work to programme.
- Ensure that daily time records are kept for work performed.
- Interview and selection of Mechanical operatives.
- Oversee see temporary Mechanical installations for 10 Dock and associated schemes.
- Plan and review Mechanical RAMS in conjunction with site policy,
- Carry out the duties a Mechanical AP.
- Assist Authorising Engineer with appointments of all Mechanical AP’s for both direct and subcontract labour.
- Ensure works are carried out in accordance with the authorised permits and RAMS.
- Set up implement and manage the Mechanical plant ID scheme and register.
- Manage Mechanical plant, material, labour costs using cost reports.
- Review and update the subcontractor’s Mechanical plant list
- Review, present and record. SOS, task, and safety briefings.
- Identify training requirements for individuals and forthcoming works.
- Support site engineers/package managers as required.
- Ensure works carried out as per ITPs.
- Co-ordinate Mechanical deliveries and collections.
- Ensure materials are used correctly and minimise waste.
- Carry out and record safety briefings.
- Carry out weekly PUWER checks on all Mechanical plant and installations.
QUALIFICATIONS
- City & Guilds Mechanical Certificate or equivalent.
- Level 3 NVQ in related subject
- Relevant time served apprenticeship
- Extensive industry experience
- SMSTS or SSSTS
- Nuclear experience and be conversant with all associated Mechanical plant.
- Must be able to carry out and record safety briefings.
- Must have good supervisory and management skills.
- Must demonstrate their ability to lead by example to create outstanding performance in the areas of safety, health, environment, and quality.
- Must demonstrate their ability and performance to deliver right first time.
Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.
Costain appreciate the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at application phase.
We do share individual feedback following an interview .
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that disclose they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.
It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.
For more details please go to the Disability Confident website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/disability-confident-campaign
