Senior Engineer

Run Resourcing Ltd; Canterbury; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Bonus scheme

Pension contributions

26 days holiday (option sell/purchase)

Job summary

Run Resourcing Ltd are recruiting a Senior Engineer for a major roads and structures project in Kent. You will lead site engineering activity and bridge the gap between the management team and the on-ground engineers.

This role focuses on delivering heavy civils with strict quality and environmental standards, coordinating subcontractors across a river and railway corridor, and ensuring programme milestones are met.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering heavy civils/highways projects.
• Experience leading a team of engineers.
• Experience coordinating subcontractors on constrained sites and across waterways.

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day leadership of a team of five engineers, acting as primary site contact.
• Support the Project Manager to meet quality and environmental specifications.
• Engage and manage subcontractors across river and rail line with challenging ground conditions.
• Attend weekly programme meetings and cascade changes to the engineering team.

Skills

Team leadership

Heavy civils experience

Stakeholder coordination

Site safety awareness

Job description

We're recruiting with a main contractor for Senior Engineer to work on a major roads and structures project in Kent. The project has just broken ground with 18 months on construction ahead with opportunities of further phases of work. The contractor is renowned for their culture, excellence in delivery and development of people, with a strong track record and pipeline across the South East.

The project comprises a new 500m carriageway with a 250-metre viaduct spanning a river, floodplain and railway line - the structure will feature five spans. The role of the Senior Engineer will be to work across multiple packages of the project, bridging the gap between the management team and the engineering team on the ground.

It is essential you have experience of working on heavy civils projects. Maintenance of highways and structures will not be considered.

Senior Engineer Duties

• Day-to-day leadership of a team of five engineers, acting as the primary point of contact between the site engineering team and the project management team
• Supporting the Project Manager to ensure the project meets overall quality and environmental specifications
• Engage and manage different subcontractors whilst navigating the complexities of working across the river and rail line, with challenging ground conditions and constrained space.
• Attending weekly programme meetings, cascading any change or updates to the engineering team and implementing accordingly

• car allowance/car
• bonus scheme
• pension contributions
• 26 days holiday (option sell/purchase)