MEP Section Engineer

FERROVIAL CONSTRUCTION (UK) LIMITED; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction firm is seeking an MEP Section Engineer to oversee site management at Heathrow Airport. The role involves ensuring project delivery meets customer objectives while maintaining health and safety standards. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in MEP engineering, strong people management skills, and a proven track record in stakeholder management.

Qualifications

• Experience in MEP engineering and/or utilities at management level.
• Ability to manage subcontractors and build stakeholder relationships.
• Significant experience in civil engineering with strong problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills for various interaction levels.

Responsibilities

• Manage the construction site to meet project delivery goals.
• Supervise site engineers and ensure safety standards.
• Prepare inspection and test plans as per requirements.
• Manage subcontractors and maintain good working relations.

Skills

Management engineering experience

Commercial and contractual knowledge

People management experience

Subcontractor management

Civil engineering technology knowledge

Excellent communication skills

Advanced computer literacy

Tools

CSCS card

Job description

Overview

MEP Section Engineer – Location: Heathrow Airport

Ferrovial Construction is the engineering and construction arm of the Ferrovial Group, the largest private transport infrastructure operator in the world in terms of capital invested with a workforce of approximately 96,000 employees and a presence in over 15 countries, with over 60 years' experience since it was founded.

Ferrovial Construction delivers value-driven, complex multi-disciplinary design and construction solutions across varied sectors worldwide, including transport, energy and water. Our people bring a diverse range of experiences, perspectives and backgrounds to fuel fresh thinking as we meet the unique needs of the clients and communities we serve. We are dedicated to exceeding expectations and leaving a sustainable legacy.

We have an established presence in the UK and Ireland with the support of our global resource pool.

Ferrovial is a world-leading provider of infrastructure services delivering end to end capabilities over the entire asset lifecycle. This provides our diverse range of clients with a positive legacy through our integrated approach, ensuring consistently high standards of excellence in delivery. Value creation is at the heart of everything we do.

The Role

Section Engineer will be responsible for the management of the construction site in order to achieve required project delivery to the customers' objectives, while maintaining standards of health and safety, quality, environmental impact and cost control. They will deliver multiple on-going projects, to the specified quality, the required programme and to the maximum commercial performance. The post-holder will work closely with the Commercial Department, engineers and surveyors to ensure that projects are completed in a safe manner whilst customer requirements and expectations are always maintained or exceeded.

Responsibilities

• Set a high personal example of safety and environmental behavior.
• Supervise subcontractors, assistants and site engineers and work force, ensuring they understand RAMS before commencing the shift on setting out methods and techniques.
• Check the shift engineers setting out to ensure it is correct and ensure they are following their own responsibilities (testing materials, briefing operatives, filling in check sheets).
• Ensure reasonable survey book standards and daily diaries are maintained by engineers and support their manager.
• Attend and sometimes run coordination meetings with stakeholders and subcontractors.
• Ensure 3D information drawings and specification documents contain sufficient, accurate information for construction; formally request missing information in time to allow the programme to proceed without delay.
• Ensure that inspection and test plans are completed and digitally recorded as required by the PMP / Specification, including a check of dimension accuracy and quality.
• Prepare and monitor a 2-4 week programme with the subcontractor and other suppliers.
• Monitor the work under their control to remedy unsafe conditions and non-compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Consider plant, labour, material costs and programme in decision making.
• Carry out material take-off and requisitions as requested by sub-agent / agent.
• Complete Method Statements / Inspection Test Plans / MAR / Task Briefings and review documents prepared by others.
• Order materials and maintain a register of all orders placed and confirmed.
• Complete Temporary Works Design Briefs and inspect temporary works structures after training.
• Maintain good working relations with client / designer / RE, and our supply chain.
• Communicate with foremen and gangers to ensure full understanding of information provided.
• Confirm in writing, on the same day, any verbal instructions issued to subcontractors and maintain comprehensive records of resources for additional works.
• Ensure all delivery tickets are cost coded and passed to accounts for processing.
• Carry out other relevant duties as required from time to time.

Key Skills and Experience

• Successful experience at a management engineering level in construction (on site) specifically in MEP engineering and/or utilities.
• Demonstrated application of growing commercial and contractual knowledge.
• Experience of working in a cost-conscious environment with good people management experience.
• Experience in managing subcontractors and stakeholder management (client); relationship building with external parties is a critical requirement.
• Significant civil engineering technology knowledge with substantial previous experience; a highly capable construction problem solver.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to interact at a variety of levels.
• Advanced computer literacy; CSCS card.

Desirable skills

• Airport experience / critical areas experience. Experience of working in an international organization.
• Experience in stakeholder management (Key stakeholders besides the client). Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers or equivalent.

Please note that this job description does not represent a comprehensive list of activities and employees may be requested to undertake other reasonable duties.

Ferrovial Construction UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and as such treats applications equally and recruits purely based on skills and experience.

Ferrovial embraces diversity and inclusion, and we see the value in providing equal opportunities to all employees. We are committed to building an inclusive team from a variety of different backgrounds, perspectives and skills, so we encourage candidates from underrepresented groups to apply.