Site Engineer

BAM Group; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

BAM Group is offering an exciting opportunity for a Site Engineer to contribute to the Hinkley Point C project in Bridgwater. You will oversee site operations, ensure safety compliance, and prepare detailed assessments. Join a dedicated team valuing sustainability and inclusiveness, while receiving comprehensive benefits and a competitive salary.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Family-friendly policies

Company car/car allowance

Matched pension contributions

Private healthcare

Life assurance

26 days holiday

Wellbeing days

Volunteering day

Professional development

Qualifications

• Experience as a Site Engineer is essential.
• Thorough knowledge of construction procedures required.
• Qualified to ICE Technician level or similar preferred.

Responsibilities

• Supervise chainperson, assistant and site engineers.
• Monitor work for compliance with safety and company policies.
• Prepare risk assessments and monitor project progress.

Skills

Construction procedures

Safety and environment legislation

Site supervision

Education

ICE Technician or Incorporated level

Job description

Building a sustainable tomorrow

BAM Infrastructure are currently involved in a major energy project in the South West (Hinkley Point C, near Bridgwater in Somerset), delivering reinforced concrete, bulk earthworks and infrastructure on one of the UK’s largest projects. We currently have a vacancy for a Site Engineer to join the team.

As Hinkley Point C is a nuclear licensed site, additional security checks will need to be made – BPSS level of security clearance is required. These checks can take up to 8 weeks to process. Only candidates holding right to work in the UK can be considered for this role.

Your work environment

• BAM operates a flexible working policy
• People are at the heart of what we do at Bam. We recognise that creating a diverse and inclusive environment that nurtures our employees and encourages them to bring their best and whole self to work is crucial. We're on an exciting journey to get us there by recruiting the very best talent to join us regardless of race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.

Your mission

• Supervise chainperson, assistant and site engineers
• Monitor the work to ensure that any unsafe work conditions and non-compliance with company policies and procedures are promptly remedied
• Maintain good working relations with client / designer / RE, together with our supply chain.
• Advise engineers on setting out methods and techniques
• Ensure that the 3D information drawings and specification documents contain sufficient, accurate information for construction of the works, and formally request any missing information.
• Ensure that works are accurately and clearly set out before work is programmed to commence
• Communicate with foremen and gangers to ensure full understanding of information provided.
• Confirm in writing any verbal instructions received from the client / designer / RE’s staff and ensure that comprehensive records of resources employed on additional works are maintained.
• Arrange formal checking of setting out and ensure check request form is completed.
• Ensure reasonable survey book standards and daily diaries are maintained by engineers.
• Ensure that inspection and test plans are completed and digitally recorded.
• Prepare 4 weekly programmes in conjunction with the section foreman.
• Monitor 4 weekly programme, mark up progress for review at the weekly site review meeting.
• Prepare written risk assessments and method statements for the control of the works.
• Keep a full and accurate daily site diary.
• Carry out material take off and requisitions as requested by sub agent/agent.
• Ensure all delivery tickets are cost-coded and passed to the finance team for processing.
• Ensure that testing/sampling of materials is carried out as required by the specification.

Who are we looking for?

• Qualified to ICE Technician or Incorporated level or equivalent (preferred).
• Successful experience at the site engineer level.
• Government legislation on all matters relating to safety and environment.
• Thorough knowledge of construction procedures and working methods.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary
• A wide range of family-friendly policies
• Company car/car allowance/travel allowance
• 8 % matched pension contributions
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• 26 days holiday
• 2 wellbeing days
• 1 volunteering day
• Personal and professional development

BAM Infrastructure is also committed to equality of opportunity in all its employment practices and to developing policies that support work-life balance.

Who are we?

The art of building is about building for communities; it’s about building for life.

Where others stop, we go further, leading the way towards a sustainable tomorrow for us and future generations. As an industry leader, we raise the bar.

Our values: sustainable, inclusive, collaborative, reliable and ownership, enable us to achieve our ambitions. Today, tomorrow and every day.

Our recruitment process

For more information about the vacancy and our projects, please contact Jonathan Schulte, Recruitment Manager, BAM Infrastructure Ltd, m: 07717 227890 / Email: [e-mail]

BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at anytime you feel you may need any reasonable adjustments, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you.