Senior Pre-construction Engineer

Mackenzie Construction; East Kilbride; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Mackenzie Construction is seeking a Senior Pre-construction Engineer to join our team in East Kilbride. The role focuses on delivering pre-construction outputs, coordinating with the commercial team, and ensuring programmes and budgets are met.

Based in East Kilbride, you will visit sites as required, maintain effective communication with clients and internal teams, and drive successful project delivery through proactive planning and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Essential: Civil projects knowledge/experience.
• Essential: risk and opportunities identification.
• Essential: problem solving/optioneering.
• Essential: NEC knowledge; site safety docs such as RAMS.
• Essential: IT skills: Word, Outlook, Teams, Project, Excel.

Responsibilities

• Run multiple pre-construction projects concurrently.
• Provide weekly reports to Pre Construction Manager/Team.
• Work to programmes and budgets.
• Ensure site forms/procedures meet H&S & Quality standards.
• Prepare CPP, RAMS and other pre-con docs site-specific for each project.
• Produce documentation/deliverables required by clients.
• Engage with clients, stakeholders, consultants, and subcontractors.

Skills

Communication

Problem solving

Planning & organisation

Teamwork

Self-motivated

Time keeping

Education

SMSTS

CSCS Card

Driving Licence

Tools

Microsoft Word

Outlook

Teams

Project

Excel

Job description

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Pre-construction Engineer to join our team in East Kilbride.

About the role

The Snr Pre Construction Engineer is responsible for fulfilling the required deliverables for Pre Construction Projects.

The above will involve overseeing pre construction projects, working within programme and budget, and assisting cost value reporting with the commercial team.

The individual fulfilling this role should have a problem solving mindset, information finding and good communication skills.

Reporting to the Pre Construction Manager, the Snr Pre Construction Engineer will maintain regular communication around the key aspects of Pre Construction and performance against programme.

The Snr Pre Construction Engineer will ensure that deliverables are met for Pre Construction projects working collaboratively to clear goals.

As the Snr Pre Construction Engineer you will be based in our Office at East Kilbride where you will be required to make site visits to ascertain site specifics. You are expected to follow companies’ values, and behaviors at all times.

• Responsible for running multiple pre construction projects at any one time
• Provide weekly reports to the Pre Construction Manager and Pre Construction Team
• Work to programmes
• Ensure that all site forms and procedures are being followed with respect to H&S & Quality
• Ensure CPP, RAMS and other Health and Safety pre con documents are site specific for each project.
• Produce other documentation/deliverables required for each Pre Construction Project as set out by clients
• Excellent communication skills to engage with clients, third party stakeholders, consultants and sub contractors

Essential:

• Excellent knowledge/experience of Civil Projects
• Identification of project risk and opportunities
• Problem solving/optioneering
• Job specific knowledge & training i.e., NEC, confined space working, temporary works, water industry knowledge
• Relevant IT Skills i.e., Microsoft Word, Outlook, Teams, Project, Excel.
• Self-motivated

Desirable:

• Knowledge of BIM
• Estimating principles

Qualifications & Attainments:

• SMSTS
• CSCS Card
• Driving License

Competencies:

• Proactive approach to problems
• Optioneering
• Planning and organisational skills
• Effective communication
• Time keeping
• Self-motivated
• Team working

Additional Requirements:

• May be required to work away from home visiting sites
• May be required to work occasional overtime/weekends as required to carry out the works