Site Supervisor – Residential

At Centina, we don’t just build structures – we’re building the future. Since 2007, we have delivered commercial, industrial, and residential projects by working in partnership with our clients and project teams, guided by our values of trust, quality, honesty, and craft.

As a Residential Site Supervisor, you’ll play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality residential projects. You’ll be responsible for leading on-site operations from start to finish, ensuring safety, environmental compliance, quality, cost control, and program targets are met.

Key to your role will be establishing and managing safety systems, site inductions, and environmental controls; driving quality through Inspection Test Plans and defect minimisation; and managing costs by ensuring subcontractor accountability and efficient use of resources. You’ll coordinate short-term and contract programs, liaise closely with subcontractors and suppliers, and report progress against milestones to keep projects on track.

You’ll also foster a positive, collaborative site culture by engaging openly with workers, mentoring less experienced staff, and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships. This role is ideal for a proactive, detail-driven leader who takes pride in delivering projects to the highest standards, on time and defect-free.

Culture

• Live Centina’s values: trust, honesty, quality, craft.
• Mentor and support less experienced staff.

Safety & Environment

• Set up safety/environment systems, WHSP, EMP, and Site Management Plan before works start.
• Complete risk assessments, site inductions, SWMS sign-offs, and establish emergency plans.
• Maintain environmental controls, housekeeping, and amenities; record man hours daily.
• Conduct fortnightly site inspections, close corrective actions promptly, and log incidents in Procore.
• Manage Safework SA visits, MSDS compliance, public complaints, and plant pre-starts.
• Keep open communication with workers on safety and environment.

Quality

• Support PM in establishing Quality Plan and ITPs; ensure inspections and sign-offs align with works.
• Record inspections, manage NCNs with root cause analysis, and drive subcontractor accountability.
• Minimise defects by enforcing ITPs; handover with no major or latent defects.
• Manage maintenance period to close issues quickly.

Cost

• Prevent cost leakage post-trade letting; eliminate subcontractor variations by enforcing scope.
• Align invoicing with completed, defect-free works.
• Minimise re-orders, theft, and warehouse losses.
• Control preliminaries spend: labour, fencing, toilets, bins, scaffold, and plant hire.

Program

• Review/update contract program; prepare 4-week lookaheads and share with subcontractors.
• Report milestones, raise risks early, and keep EOT register up to date.
• Coordinate procurement with Contract Administrator.
• Ensure defect-free completion within program timeframes.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Trade qualification (essential)
• Frontline leadership certificate or equivalent
• Construction industry white card
• Safety qualifications (highly regarded)
• Current driver’s licence

Why Join Centina

• Join a business built on trust, quality, honesty, and craft
• Work within a collaborative team that values transparency and integrity
• Opportunity to grow with a well-established and expanding Adelaide-based construction company
• Supportive professional environment with direct access to leadership
• A role where your contribution directly impacts business success
• We prioritise the wellbeing and safety of our people through a proactive culture of care. This includes employee health checks, flu vaccinations, professional development initiatives, and a proactive drug and alcohol testing program, ensuring every team member can work safely and confidently on site.

How to apply

Please submit a cover letter and CV to [email protected]

Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. No recruiters please, we’ve got this covered