Site Engineer******************
Quote ref: 513/27905
Job description
Our client is a water and civil engineering contractor with many years’ experience delivering world class projects across the UK and they are currently looking to recruit a Site Engineer located in Thames Valley - Sites within Oxford/Reading and Aylesbury.
Job Description:
The purpose of this role is to provide site engineering duties to a number of projects within the region. The Site Engineer will establish the level and survey control for contracts and set out detailed works per the contract drawings, ensuring that checks are made regularly.
Key Responsibilities:
Health, safety & environment
- Promote their Cardinal Rules and establish safe working cultures and practices
- Comply with company procedures and legal obligations
- Promote and comply with environmental compliance
- Deliver the works safely
Quality
- Promote best practice
- Comply with company procedures
- Ensure work is delivered defect/snag-free
- Endeavour to spot and highlight value engineering opportunities
Site engineering
- Establish the level and survey control for contracts
- Set out detailed works as per the contract drawings, ensuring checks are carried out regularly
- Ensure that records are accurate and comply with organisational and legal requirements
- Resolve any unexpected technical difficulties and other problems that may arise at any time
- Produce procurement schedules for the jobs and liaise with their procurement department to ensure the site has adequate resources to complete the tasks
- Produce ITPs and Task Briefings
- Produce 2 week's look ahead in conjunction with the Site Agent
- Produce Site Diaries and Allocation Sheets
Key measures & targets:
- Accurate and timely setting out of the works
- Timely handover of works and Quality records without outstanding defects
- Production of accurate records, drawing registers and weekly diaries
Key relationships:
- Develop good working relationships with the site workforce and the customer's technical representative
Requirements
- Previous experience in setting out on civil engineering projects
- Sound knowledge of construction methods, health and safety, and legal regulations
- Fully conversant with the use of robotic total station or EDM instruments
- Degree qualified/HNC (or equivalent) in civil engineering
- Excellent communication skills
- Self-driven, results-oriented with a positive outlook
Desirable
- Experience in using AutoCAD and MS Office
- Temporary-works co-ordination
- CSCS card
- Cable avoidance training
- First aid training
- NEBOSH or IOSH