Site Engineer

VolkerFitzpatrick Limited; Winchester; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Site Engineer for a transformative project in the South East of England. This role involves managing safe work systems, quality assurance, and utilizing advanced engineering tools like AUTOCAD. The project aims to enhance traffic flow at a key junction, ensuring a significant impact on local infrastructure. Join a forward-thinking company that values innovation and offers comprehensive benefits, including private medical care and training opportunities. If you're passionate about civil engineering and ready to make a difference, this is the opportunity for you.

Benefits

Competitive annual leave

Private medical care

Pension

Life Assurance

Cycle to Work scheme

Shopping vouchers

Training and development opportunities

Enhanced maternity benefits

Employee Assistance programme

24/7 Virtual GP service

Qualifications

• Experience in managing safe systems of works and quality management.
• Strong IT knowledge including AUTOCAD and Microsoft Suite.

Responsibilities

• Implementing permits and coordinating services for construction projects.
• Challenging designs and resolving engineering problems.

Skills

Management of safe systems of works

Quality management

Problem-solving

Personal skills integration

Education

MEng in Civil Engineering

BEng in Civil Engineering

Foundation Degree in Civil Engineering

BTEC in Civil Engineering

Degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

AUTOCAD

Microsoft Suite

Job description

VolkerFitzpatrick offers a range and depth of civil engineering, infrastructure and building services. We contribute to vital parts of the nation’s life through projects of strategic importance, while delivering those less visible, yet essential, works required by both private and public sectors. We build, renew, maintain highways, airports, railway infrastructure, and commercial, industrial and educational buildings.

About The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Site Engineer to join our project on a permanent basis.

The M3 Junction 9 Improvement Scheme is located in the South East of England to the East of Winchester in Hampshire within the South Downs National Park. The junction experiences significant delays and lengthy queues are common on the northbound off-slip of the M3 and the southbound A34. Traffic levels are heavy, especially between the M3 and the A34. More than 6,000 vehicles pass through junction 9 every hour during peak periods. This requires the following. DCO High Level Requirement is ‘To change the junction so that it has free flowing links between the A34 and the M3 in both directions.’ Start of Works March 2025 and Completion Autumn 2027.

About You

• Management of safe systems of works and quality management.
• Implementation of Permit to Excavate, Permit to Load and Strike and Services coordination.
• Excellent IT knowledge including use of AUTOCAD and Microsoft suite.
• MEng/BEng/ Foundation Degree/BTEC/Degree in Civil Engineering
• Ability to challenge designs and resolve problems to conclusion.
• Appointed Person for Lifting Operations.
• Personal Skills Integration into a wider construction team.

If your past experience doesn’t match perfectly with every requirement of the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for us.

Why Work With Us?

VolkerFitzpatrick is under the umbrella of VolkerWessels UK which is a multidisciplinary contractor that delivers innovative engineering solutions across the civil engineering and construction sectors including rail, highways, airport, marine, energy, water, and environmental infrastructure.

By utilising the specialist skills of each business unit within VolkerWessels UK, VolkerFitzpatrick are able to ensure our staff provide unrivalled resources and expertise to our clients.

We offer competitive rewards and benefits, recognising the value we place on our employees.

We offer a range of benefits, including:

• Competitive annual leave and an additional day off on your birthday.
• Private medical care.
• Pension.
• Life Assurance.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Shopping and restaurants vouchers, rewards, and discounts.
• Training and development opportunities-comprehensive skills-based training.
• Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity benefits.
• Employee Assistance programme.
• Mental health, physical health, and financial support.
• 24/7 Virtual GP service.

Fairness, Inclusion and Respect

We believe in pushing boundaries in the pursuit of fairness, inclusion and respect. So, our teams can be comfortable that, whatever their background, VolkerWessels UK is a place where they can be themselves and thrive.

Our preference is to hire directly, and we will reach out to our Preferred Supplier List (PSL) agencies if this particular role qualifies for release.

We kindly request that you refrain from sending speculative CVs. In the event of speculative CV submissions, no fees will be applicable, and we kindly ask that all inquiries to be directed to [e-mail].

VolkerWessels UK is committed to maintaining healthy, safe and productive working conditions for its entire staff and therefore a drugs & alcohol screening is mandatory for all.