Site Supervisor
| Posting date: | 12 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £56,452.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £56,452.00 including car allowance |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 July 2025 |
| Location: | Hertfordshire, WD19 5EF |
| Company: | Ian Williams Ltd |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | ORG3113-TECH455120625LM |
Summary
Ian Williams is proud to announce that we have a new opportunity for a Site Supervisor to join our Painting Unit in Watford, covering areas in North London.
Ian Williams has the reputation and expertise of working with Housing Associations and Local Authorities, and we are one of the UK’s leading property services contractors who deliver Painting services in this sector. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced candidate to further their career.
Importantly, we are a company that provides safe, secure, and friendly working environments for our site and office-based teams. Therefore, we seek a Site Supervisor who shares these core values and can continue to facilitate the successful completion of our work on time, on budget and to the required standards.
Benefits:
Be part of the company profit share scheme (14% of base salary achieved last year)
Private mileage scheme and fuel card
Let us help you prepare for your future with an enhanced employer pension contribution of up to 5%
Annual leave (inc. Public Holidays) buy up to 5 days or sell up to 3 days per year
Annual pay reviews
Life Insurance
Enhanced maternity/ paternity pay
Training and development opportunities
Exclusive discounts from our preferred supplier
Access to the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity to support your health and wellbeing, including free legal and financial advice.
The Site Supervisor role:
Planning and supervising the running of painting works on various sites in North London. You will be the first point of escalation contact for queries and support.
Supervising, investing, and developing the productivity of our direct labour to deliver consistent results.
Organisation of the workload, labour and materials alongside the Contract Manager
Ensuring compliance with statutory requirements, company policy and procedures on Health & Safety (safe systems of work, PPE checks, etc)
Communicating targets, costs, progress, and variances back to client surveyors, internal surveyors and management regularly.
Carrying out effective inductions to the workforce.
What will you bring as a Site Supervisor?
A Painting and Decorating trade background and qualified to NVQ level 2
An SSSTS or SMSTS would also be advantageous, but not essential
Proven foreperson or supervisory experience in a similar role (social housing) or within a related environment would be very advantageous. We also welcome tradespersons seeking to develop their career to apply
Strong organisational and IT skills with the ability to quickly learn in-house systems, Excel and Outlook as required.
About Ian Williams Ltd:
Discover more about us by reviewing our website, and also through our social media platforms, along with LinkedIn, Facebook, Indeed and Glassdoor.
The successful applicant will be required to complete a criminal records check. As an organisation assessing applicants’ suitability for positions which are included in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order using criminal record checks processed through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), we comply fully with the code of practice and undertake to treat all applicants for positions fairly.
Ian Williams is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Diversity is more than a commitment at Ian Williams—it is the foundation of what we do. We are fully focused on equality and believe deeply in diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, and all other characteristics that make us different.
We reserve the right to shortlist prior to the closing date.
Ian Williams Ltd will use applicants’ details for recruitment purposes only. For more information, please read our Candidate Privacy Notice located at our website.
We are delighted to have strong relationships with our preferred agencies, therefore we politely request no agencies engage with us in regards to this position.
Ian Williams has the reputation and expertise of working with Housing Associations and Local Authorities, and we are one of the UK’s leading property services contractors who deliver Painting services in this sector. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced candidate to further their career.
Importantly, we are a company that provides safe, secure, and friendly working environments for our site and office-based teams. Therefore, we seek a Site Supervisor who shares these core values and can continue to facilitate the successful completion of our work on time, on budget and to the required standards.
Benefits:
Be part of the company profit share scheme (14% of base salary achieved last year)
Private mileage scheme and fuel card
Let us help you prepare for your future with an enhanced employer pension contribution of up to 5%
Annual leave (inc. Public Holidays) buy up to 5 days or sell up to 3 days per year
Annual pay reviews
Life Insurance
Enhanced maternity/ paternity pay
Training and development opportunities
Exclusive discounts from our preferred supplier
Access to the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity to support your health and wellbeing, including free legal and financial advice.
The Site Supervisor role:
Planning and supervising the running of painting works on various sites in North London. You will be the first point of escalation contact for queries and support.
Supervising, investing, and developing the productivity of our direct labour to deliver consistent results.
Organisation of the workload, labour and materials alongside the Contract Manager
Ensuring compliance with statutory requirements, company policy and procedures on Health & Safety (safe systems of work, PPE checks, etc)
Communicating targets, costs, progress, and variances back to client surveyors, internal surveyors and management regularly.
Carrying out effective inductions to the workforce.
What will you bring as a Site Supervisor?
A Painting and Decorating trade background and qualified to NVQ level 2
An SSSTS or SMSTS would also be advantageous, but not essential
Proven foreperson or supervisory experience in a similar role (social housing) or within a related environment would be very advantageous. We also welcome tradespersons seeking to develop their career to apply
Strong organisational and IT skills with the ability to quickly learn in-house systems, Excel and Outlook as required.
About Ian Williams Ltd:
Discover more about us by reviewing our website, and also through our social media platforms, along with LinkedIn, Facebook, Indeed and Glassdoor.
The successful applicant will be required to complete a criminal records check. As an organisation assessing applicants’ suitability for positions which are included in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order using criminal record checks processed through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), we comply fully with the code of practice and undertake to treat all applicants for positions fairly.
Ian Williams is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Diversity is more than a commitment at Ian Williams—it is the foundation of what we do. We are fully focused on equality and believe deeply in diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, and all other characteristics that make us different.
We reserve the right to shortlist prior to the closing date.
Ian Williams Ltd will use applicants’ details for recruitment purposes only. For more information, please read our Candidate Privacy Notice located at our website.
We are delighted to have strong relationships with our preferred agencies, therefore we politely request no agencies engage with us in regards to this position.