Site Engineer

Brownlee Cale Ltd; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Brownlee Cale Ltd is seeking an experienced Site Engineer for a major civil earthworks package in the UK. You will lead setting-out, establish survey control and manage machine-control models across bulk earthworks, ensuring accuracy against design models.

You will upload and check GPS-enabled models for dozers and excavators, verify formation levels, slopes, and volumes, and maintain QA records while supporting daily production and planning with the delivery team.

Qualifications

• Experience with bulk earthworks and earthmoving processes.
• Proven machine-control experience.
• Knowledge of GPS-controlled earthmoving plant.
• Competent with surveying equipment.
• Experience with digital terrain/design models.
• Strong setting-out and as-built capability.
• Civil Engineering qualification and CSCS certification.

Responsibilities

• Set out and engineer control for bulk earthworks.
• Establish and maintain survey control.
• Prepare and manage machine-control models.
• Upload and check models for GPS-enabled equipment.
• Check formation levels, profiles, slopes and finished surfaces.
• Perform cut/fill verification and volume checks.
• Maintain QA records and support daily production planning.
• Collaborate with foremen, site agents and the delivery team.

Skills

Bulk earthworks

Machine control

GPS-controlled earthmoving plant

Surveying equipment

Digital terrain/design models

Setting-out

As-built capability

Education

Civil Engineering qualification

CSCS

Tools

GPS machine-control systems

Total stations

Job description

We're looking for an experienced Site Engineer with strong earthworks and machine control experience to join a major civil engineering earthworks package.

This is a large-scale, production-driven operation, so we need an Engineer who understands bulk earthworks from first principles and is confident working with modern GPS machine-control systems.

The Role

• Setting out and engineering control for bulk earthworks
• Establishing and maintaining survey control
• Preparing and managing machine-control models
• Uploading and checking models for GPS-enabled dozers and excavatorsWorking closely with plant operators and earthworks supervision
• Checking formation levels, profiles, slopes and finished surfaces
• Cut/fill verification and volume checks
• Monitoring earthworks against design models
• As-built surveys and progress measurement
• Supporting earthworks testing and quality records
• Identifying discrepancies between design information and site conditions
• Maintaining accurate engineering and QA records
• Supporting daily production and short-term planning
• Working closely with Foremen, Site Agents and the wider delivery team

You'll Need

• Strong bulk earthworks experience
• Proven machine control experience
• Good understanding of GPS-controlled earthmoving plant
• Competent with modern surveying equipment
• Experience with digital terrain/design models
• Strong setting-out and as-built capability
• Civil Engineering qualification and CSCS

We're looking for an Engineer who understands earthworks production, machine control and how to use engineering data to keep a major muck-shift operation moving efficiently