Contracts Supervisor

Base

Location:

Reading

Salary: £40,525 - £48,427 depending on skills and experience and a range of other benefits to support your family, finances and wellbeing.

Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time

We're looking for a Contracts Supervisor to join our team! Want to play a key role in delivering essential electricity infrastructure across the Thames Valley? As a Contracts Supervisor, you'll oversee contractor-delivered overhead power line replacement works, from Low Voltage through to 33kV, helping to ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and to the highest standards as part of our Capital Delivery Programme.

Based within Network Construction, you'll join our Thames Valley Capital Delivery Team in SSEN's Southern licence area. Together, we replace and upgrade the electrical infrastructure that keeps the power flowing to homes and businesses across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey, Middlesex, and Buckinghamshire.

We're looking for someone who thrives on building strong relationships, with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. You'll be confident working with customers, landowners, and contractors, bringing people together to help deliver successful projects.

• Ensure work carried out under our projects are completed to SSEN standards and validating completed works are correctly claimed to the agreed framework rates.
• Monitor quality and support identification and resolution of snags/defects.
• Ensure safety, health and environmental compliance via proactive monitoring and undertakes recorded inspections.
• The position will also include customer interface to obtain land access and consent forms.

• Experience supervising operational or construction activities within a utilities, electrical or infrastructure environment.
• Knowledge of overhead line networks and electrical distribution systems (LV to 33kV desirable).
• A strong commitment to health, safety and environmental compliance, with experience carrying out site inspections.
• Experience monitoring contractor performance and ensuring work is completed to quality and contractual standards.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with experience working with customers, landowners and contractors.

A full UK driving licence is essential for this role.

SSE’s purpose is to provide energy needed today while building a better world of energy for tomorrow. We do this by developing, building, operating and investing in electricity infrastructure and businesses needed in the energy transition. Our Transforming for Growth investment plan sees us investing £33bn in critical electricity infrastructure across the five years to 2030.

SSEN Distribution, part of the wider SSE group, powers 3.9 million UK homes and businesses. Our team of more than 4,200 skilled engineers, customer service advisors and energy experts keep customers connected to a safe, reliable supply of electricity while investing in and developing the flexible networks needed for our low carbon future.

Enjoy discounts on private healthcare and gym memberships. Wellbeing benefits like a free online GP and 24/7 counselling service. Interest‑free loans on tech and transport season tickets, or a new bike with our Cycle to Work scheme. As well as generous family entitlements such as maternity and adoption pay, and paternity leave.

SSE will make any reasonable adjustments you need to ensure that your application and experience with us is positive. Please contact  / to discuss how we can support you.