Cladding Supervisor

Overview

As Cladding Supervisor, you drive on-site cladding execution for an energy-from-waste/industrial envelope project. You align daily activities with the programme, coordinate with adjacent trades, and verify labour, materials, and access before work starts. You catch issues early, capture progress and quality records, and report clearly to keep the project on track. This role sits at the intersection of safety, quality, and schedule in a large-scale renewables project.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily and weekly cladding programme activities by elevation/zone to ensure weathertight milestones
• Drive subcontractor productivity to achieve/planned dates
• Verify labour, materials, MEWPs/scaffold/lifting, and permits each morning; ensure IPAF PAL validity
• Assess weather RAMS and equipment limits before at-height work or lifting; halt work if limits are exceeded
• Attend morning coordination meetings and identify blockers before they impact the plan
• Verify daily manpower against plan and monitor progress vs planned/actual
• Obtain approvals from adjacent trades before interfacing work; manage sequence risks
• Resolve access/sequence clashes at supervisor level and escalate unresolved clashes promptly
• Capture dated progress photos and record causes/impacts of delays
• Submit accurate daily site reports covering scope, labour, equipment, issues, constraints, and next-day activities
• Maintain traceable, timely written communications in the project record system
• Report to Cladding Package Manager

Key requirements

• SSSTS in date
• CSCS Gold card (Advanced Craft in cladding occupations or Supervisor)
• Knowledge of Work at Height Regulations 2005, LOLER 1998, CDM 2015 as applied to cladding
• A Level 3 NVQ/SVQ in cladding occupations or site supervision
• Experience supervising cladding subcontractors on building envelope installation on large projects
• Experience supervising work at height and lifting of cladding materials
• Ability to read and work from cladding setting-out, shop and fixing drawings

• strong coordination and stakeholder management
• problem solving under schedule pressure
• clear written communication
• SSSTS (in date)
• CSCS Gold card
• Work at Height Regulations 2005

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