Section Engineer

Role overview

Site engineering duties

• Set a high personal example in safety and environmental behaviour and address unsafe work or non-compliance.
• Communicate with foremen and gangers; confirm verbal instructions in writing and maintain records of resources used for additional works.
• Arrange setting-out checks and maintain survey books, daily diaries, and site records.
• Complete and digitally record inspection and test plans.
• Prepare four-week programmes, monitor progress, and report at weekly site reviews.
• Prepare written risk assessments and method statements.

Materials and team coordination

• Carry out material take-offs and requisitions; ensure delivery tickets are cost-coded and sent to finance.
• Ensure testing and sampling of materials follows the specification.
• Supervise chainpersons, assistants, and site engineers.
• Maintain working relationships with the client, designer, resident engineer, and supply chain.
• Check drawings and specification documents contain sufficient accurate construction information and formally request missing information.

Required qualifications

• Degree or HND in Civil Engineering, or equivalent NVQ Level qualification.
• CSCS at an academically or professionally qualified person, supervisory, or manager level.
• SSSTS.

Desirable qualifications and experience

• Successful experience at site engineer level is desirable.
• ICE Technician or Incorporated level qualification, or equivalent, is preferred.
• Buildings and FRC experience is desirable.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, family-friendly policies, company car or allowances, matched pension contributions, private healthcare, life assurance, holidays, wellbeing and volunteering days, and professional development.

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