Senior Engineer (Sub Agent)

Expanded; Newport Pagnell; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Laing O'Rourke (Expanded) is recruiting a Senior Engineer to join the East West Rail project. The role involves delivering a broad package of rail infrastructure, including new structures, upgrades to assets, and associated works supporting the wider programme.

The successful candidate will lead on temporary works management, dimensional control, 3D CAD data handling, and ITP creation, while ensuring quality procedures and procurement processes are met.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in Civil Engineering or recognised qualification.
• 7–8 years' Civil Engineering delivery experience.
• Temporary Works experience essential.

Responsibilities

• Utilise Digital Engineering models to inform Visual Method Statements and Visual Task sheets.
• Implement and ensure compliance with LOR Management of Temporary Works procedures.
• Determine appropriate dimensional control methods and ensure data is controlled.
• Interrogate and transfer setting-out data from 3D CAD data.
• Define scope of survey and as-built reporting to demonstrate compliance.
• Produce and ensure ITPs address specification and contractual obligations.
• Ensure adherence to project and company quality procedures.
• Apply best engineering methods and design process knowledge.
• Produce and approve method statements and risk assessments.
• Support procurement and manage a Senior Engineers team where required.

Skills

Self-delivery

Temporary Works

Leadership

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent (HNC/HND/NVQ4)

Job description

Laing O'Rourke (Expanded) are currently recruiting for a Senior Engineer to join our East West Rail project.

The project involves the delivery of a broad package of rail infrastructure and enabling works, including new and upgraded structures, improvements to existing rail assets, highways and access works, utility diversions and associated works to support the wider programme.

Known terms: Sub Agent

The Expanded Group provides total capability in the early construction phases of major projects, providing an end-to-end solution or a bespoke choice of services. Backed by a central technical design and engineering resource, we can deliver the full range of piling, precast concrete, post-tensioning and structures techniques.

Role & Responsibilities

• Able to utilise a Digital Engineering model to provide information to create Visual Method Statements and Visual Task sheets. Confidence to show other team members.
• Fully implements and ensures compliance with the LOR Management of Temporary works procedure on projects. Explains these procedures to others.
• Determine the most appropriate methods of dimensional control taking advice from specialists where appropriate. Ensure setting out data is controlled.
• Can interrogate and transfer setting out data from 3D CAD data.
• Determine requirement for and format of as-built surveys and reports. Defines scope of survey to demonstrate compliance.
• Produces and/ or ensures that ITP's are produced, available and implemented. Ensures that they fully address specification and contractual obligations.
• Ensures that project and company quality procedures are adhered
• Utilise and recommend best engineering methods
• Design process knowledge
• Produces and approves method statements and risk assessments
• Procurement
• Management of a team of Senior Engineers (project dependant)

Requirements

• Self-delivery experience
• Degree qualified in Civil Engineering , or an industry recognised technical or engineering qualification (e.g. HNC, HND, NVQ level 4) plus demonstrable experience in a construction delivery environment.
• Circa 7-8 years' experience in a Civil Engineering capacity
• Temporary Works experience

About Us

Laing O'Rourke are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality - this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the 'Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position.

We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all.