Senior Engineer / Section Engineer

Role overview

Site and project delivery

• Oversee execution of a project section and ensure engineering tasks meet required standards.
• Help establish the site and deliver the project, supporting the team and management.
• Communicate with alliance partners and subcontractors and engage with stakeholders and third parties, including landowners.
• Maintain accurate site records, identify variances or issues, and report feedback to line managers.
• Assist with design coordination and distribute documentation for site works.
• Hold site responsibilities such as permits to work and undertake coordination or subcontract-management duties as assigned.
• Coordinate site disciplines and subcontract managers to support effective delivery.
• Support QA/QC documentation, including Inspection Test Plans and check sheets.
• Support mandatory and regulatory inspections, including SHE, LOLER, and PUWER.
• Develop, monitor, and report on five-to-six-week look-ahead schedules with supply-chain partners and stakeholders using APHEX.
• Prepare or approve and implement risk assessments and method statements for directly resourced works.
• Plan and procure materials and plant, maintain efficient use and stock levels, manage direct reports, and support their development.

Additional delivery duties

• Ensure engineering, measurement, and subcontract works comply with contract conditions and requirements.
• Promote continuous improvement and share good practice within the project, Costain, and the wider industry.
• Attend or arrange weekly coordination, progress, programme, and resource meetings.
• Monitor and drive SHE performance and ensure health and safety regulations are followed.

Essential experience and knowledge

• Understanding of engineering principles and technical knowledge of construction techniques and best practices.
• Some civil or MEICA construction experience and design-management experience.
• Computer competence with MS Word, Excel, and a document-control system.
• Water or similar industry background.
• A degree- or HNC-level qualification in a relevant engineering subject.
• Relevant CSCS card, health and safety and environmental management training, and current driving licence.

Desirable experience and qualifications

• Temporary-works coordination, confined-space working, lifting operations, or scaffold-management experience is desirable.
• Civil and commissioning-phase experience is desirable.
• APM Introductory Certification or working toward it is desirable; vocational training with successful engineer-level experience is also desirable.
• Ability to take charge of a section of a large site or sole responsibility for a smaller site is desirable.

Workplace

• The role involves site-based responsibilities and work across project locations in the stated regions.

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