Forward Deployed Construction Engineer

present of AI; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Brickanta is seeking a Senior Engineer with hands-on construction knowledge and software skills to join London-based bid and procurement teams. You’ll test AI agents on real tender documents, write tests and verifications in Python or TypeScript, and quantify savings and risk reductions with data.

Ideal candidates have UK estimating, quantity surveying or project delivery experience and are comfortable being the sole engineer in the room, shaping how the product learns from UK construction

Qualifications

• Experience in UK estimating, quantity surveying or project delivery.
• Able to write Python or TypeScript.
• Comfortable being the sole engineer on the project.

Skills

Python

TypeScript

UK construction knowledge

Job description

Customer & Solutions · London, England, GB / Remote (London, England, GB) · Full-time · Senior level

This is a hands-on role that blends construction knowledge with software work, placed inside UK contractors' bid and procurement teams. The job is to get AI agents working on real documents, check whether their answers are actually right, and prove the results in numbers like hours saved or risks caught. A strong candidate has worked in UK estimating, quantity surveying or project delivery, can write Python or TypeScript, and is comfortable being the only engineer in the room.

How it fits the AI era

AI agents now handle much of the paperwork in bidding and procurement, but they can sound right while misreading a contract clause or a quantity. This role sits at that gap, judging output quality and turning expert judgement into repeatable tests. What stays human is knowing how a real project works, deciding what counts as correct, and earning trust with customers on site.

How it builds AI experience

The work gives direct experience with agent workflows applied to tender analysis, procurement and cost risk detection, including building evals, scoring rubrics and automated graders. Someone short on this can start by testing AI tools on public tender documents, writing down where they fail, and building small scripts that score the results. Because the company is taking its platform into a new market, the role also offers a chance to shape how the product learns UK construction practice.

Worth showing

• Python or TypeScript projects shipped
• Eval design and scoring rubrics
• Clear technical writing

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About Brickanta

An agentic AI platform for construction estimators and general contractors that automates tender analysis, procurement, and cost risk detection.