Section Engineer - A428

Skanska UK Plc; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established project development and construction company seeks a Section Engineer in Cambridge. Responsibilities include managing site works, supervising the team, and ensuring compliance with design and contractual standards. Applicants should have a degree in Civil Engineering or related field, possess Health & Safety training, and hold a UK driving license. The role offers an opportunity to work on significant infrastructure projects, bolstered by a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Qualifications

• Degree level qualification in a Civil Engineering allied subject or HND in Civil Engineering and vocational training in Engineering.
• Working towards or in possession of Professional Industry Qualification.
• Formal training in Health & Safety and Environmental management.

Responsibilities

• Manage, supervise, train and mentor the site team.
• Communicate effectively with engineers, supervisors, and client representatives.
• Produce a 3-month lookahead for your section of works.

Skills

Site management

Communication

Planning

Mentoring

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering or HND

Job description

Skanska, one of the world’s leading project development and construction groups, is delivering a £679 million improvement project on the A428 in Cambridgeshire to bring a new 10-mile dual carriageway between the Black Cat and Caxton Gibbet roundabouts. Working closely with design partner Mott MacDonald, this project builds on Skanska’s long-standing and trusted relationship with National Highways.

We are now looking for Section Engineers to join the project. As Section Engineer, you will be supportedby the Sub Agent/Agent (among others) and you are expected to take ownership of the site works of the section, leading the planning and coordination of the works and ensuring that the works are constructed in accordance with the design and contract scopes.

What you'll do:

• Manage, supervise, train and mentor the site team to enable them to perform their duties effectively.
• Communicate effectively with other engineers, supervisors, enabling functions, designers, and client representatives.
• Produce a 3-month lookahead for your section of works.
• Record progress and compare it to planned production for your section.
• Produce plans for your works section considering sequences, constraints and interfaces and communicate them with relevant stakeholders.
• Assist the Sub Agent/Agent and commercial team in reviewing applications for payment from subcontractors.

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Degree level qualification in a Civil Engineering allied subject or HND in Civil Engineering and vocational training in Engineering.
• Working towards or in possession of Professional Industry Qualification
• Formal training in Health & Safety and Environmental management
• Full UK driving licence is required for our highways projects.
• This opportunity requires legal right to work in the UK.

Equal opportunities

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable adjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using [e-mail] if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

More information about the role

Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us: [e-mail]

The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.