Senior Engineer

BDL; Bedford; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Healthcare

Car Allowance

Company Pension

Volunteering Days - Carey Foundation

Health Care Cashplan

Cycle to work scheme

Car Leasing Scheme

Discounted Gym Membership

Life Assurance

Buy/sell holidays

Job summary

Carey Group is seeking a Senior Engineer to lead the delivery of a major infrastructure scheme in Bedford. This is a site-based role tasked with directing civil engineering works, ensuring safety, quality and programme adherence on a landmark project.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience in large-scale infrastructure, heavy civils, highways or RC frame projects, with strong construction methodologies and stakeholder management skills.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering energy, RC frame or heavy civils projects.
• Strong technical knowledge of setting out and engineering principles.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
• Experience mentoring junior engineers and managing site teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead setting-out activities with accuracy and compliance to specifications.
• Mentor and supervise Site/Section Engineers and promote engineering best practice.
• Review drawings, identify design changes, and raise technical queries as needed.
• Oversee subcontractors and coordinate site activities to avoid programme clashes.
• Ensure quality assurance, ITP compliance, and right-first-time delivery.
• Manage temporary works, risk assessments, and safe systems of work.
• Maintain construction information and technical documentation.

Skills

Setting out

Mentoring

Team leadership

Communication

Problem solving

SMSTS

Education

Civil/Structural Engineering degree or equivalent

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Engineer to join our team on a major infrastructure scheme at the Universal Studios Resort development in Bedford. This is a key site-based role responsible for leading the engineering delivery of complex civil engineering and infrastructure works, ensuring that quality, safety, and programme objectives are consistently achieved.

The ideal candidate will have proven experience on large-scale infrastructure, heavy civil engineering, highways, utilities, earthworks, or reinforced concrete projects, with a strong understanding of complex construction methodologies, stakeholder management, and health, safety, and environmental compliance.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a landmark development while playing a pivotal role in the successful delivery of a high-profile and technically challenging infrastructure project.

Department Engineering Employment Type Permanent - Full Time Location Bedford Workplace type Onsite

What You Will Be Doing:

• Lead and manage setting out activities, ensuring accuracy and compliance with specifications
• Mentor and supervise Site and Section Engineers, promoting engineering best practice
• Review drawings, identify design changes, and raise technical queries where required
• Oversee subcontractors and coordinate site activities to avoid programme clashes
• Ensure quality assurance, ITP compliance, and “right first time” delivery
• Manage temporary works, risk assessments, and safe systems of work
• Maintain strong control of construction information and technical documentation

What You Will Bring:

• HNC/HND or degree in Civil/Structural Engineering
• Proven experience delivering Energy, RC frame or heavy civils projects
• Strong technical knowledge, including setting out and engineering principles
• Experience managing teams and mentoring junior engineers
• SMSTS qualified; TWC desirable
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills

Benefits:

• 26 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Private Healthcare
• Car Allowance
• Company Pension
• Volunteering Days - With Careys Foundation - or other organisations that are important to you
• Health Care Cashplan
• Cycle to work scheme
• Car Leasing Scheme
• Discounted Gym Membership
• Life Assurance
• Buy/sell holidays
• Other discounts and Cashback plans

About Carey Group

Our story starts in 1969 with three brothers and a van.

John, Tom and Pat Carey moved to London from Ireland and started a groundworks contracting company in London called PJ Carey Plant Hire (Oval) Ltd.

Their aspirations at the time were reflective of the values of the Carey Group today – to care about everything they did, to act with humility in all interactions, to be passionate about their work and be authentic at all times.

The Carey Group remains a family-owned construction business, operating across the UK and Ireland. Their goal at the time was to grow to around 50 operatives and provide quality, safe work so that they and their employees could provide for their families and get safe home every day. Through hard work and sticking to their values and their word, this was certainly achieved….and some.

Throughout the years, we have remained committed to delivering on our promises, respecting our clients, offering innovative solutions and producing the highest-quality work in safe environments. These are the core principles set by our Founders, the ones we have never wavered from and they help us to fulfil our ultimate vision to be the most trusted and socially responsible construction company, that people are proud to work with.

Our strong approach is underpinned by robust financial management, continuous investment in our people, specialist equipment and strategic assets and our long-standing culture of teamwork – we want to create the very best environments for our people.

We care about our people and our partners and how we work with them, ensuring we do our best by them. Ultimately, we care about our impact on the world around us and the communities that we proudly help to shape.

Our Hiring Process

Stage 3:

Interview

Stage 4:

Hired

Stage 1:

Applied

Stage 2:

Review

Stage 4:

Hired

Department Engineering Employment Type Permanent - Full Time Location Bedford Workplace type Onsite