Site Engineer- Edinburgh

Careys; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company in Edinburgh is seeking a Site Engineer to support the delivery of RC frame and groundworks projects. The ideal candidate will have a qualification in Civil Engineering and experience in engineering processes, as well as a talent for mentoring Graduate and Apprentice engineers. This role offers a comprehensive benefits package including private healthcare and a car allowance.

Benefits

26 days holiday plus bank holidays

Private Healthcare

Car Allowance

Company Pension

Volunteering Days

Health Care Cashplan

Cycle to work scheme

Car Leasing Scheme

Discounted Gym Membership

Life Assurance

Buy/sell holidays

Other discounts and Cashback plans

Qualifications

• Qualification in Civil Engineering, Construction Management or Structural Engineering to HNC level or above.
• Track record of delivering setting out and engineering processes on concrete frame projects.
• Experience in managing and mentoring Graduate and Apprentice engineers.

Responsibilities

• Support technical delivery of RC frame and groundworks projects.
• Mentor and coach Graduate, Assistant and Apprentice Engineers.
• Keep a site diary and communicate effectively with the site team.
• Carry out quality inspections and resolve minor quality issues.

Skills

Setting out techniques

Surveying

Mentoring

CAD software

Education

HNC in Civil Engineering

Job description

Application Deadline: 30 September 2025

Department: Engineering

Location: Edinburgh Area

Description

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join a highly skilled team delivering projects across the Edinburgh region.

As a Site Engineer, you will support the technical delivery of these RC frame and groundworks projects. You will have a flair for technical complexity and detail, with a core motivation to engage with, innovate and inspire the teams around you. As an integral part of the operations team, your role will be key to the successful delivery of our projects.

Careys Engineers, work as part of a team interpreting engineering information and conveying this to the workforce, to ensure delivery of the project to programme and budget.

What you will be doing:

Health and Safety, Environment and Sustainability:

• Basic understanding of HSES regulations and good practice and ability to communicate to others
• Participates in delivering project Health, Safety, Environmental and Sustainability targets
  
  

Project and Team Management:

• Mentors/coaches Graduate, Assistant and Apprentice Engineers
  
  

Construction Methodology:

• Keeps a site diary, sharing this information with the site team and contributing to knowledge capture, share initiative
• Ability to access and interpret engineering information and effectively communicate with the site team, by way of mark-ups, sketches, calculations, or within their setting out of the works
• Provides feedback to the site team on the performance of all project elements, including materials, contractors and designs
  
  

Engineering Information, Design Coordination, and process:

• Ability to interrogate design information, to determine if the information is suitable to be included in the works, and to write RFIs and TQs to resolve discrepancies within inadequate engineering information.
• Ensures that engineering information being used on site is current and of construction status, updating files as required
  
  

Setting out, Dimensional Control:

• Provides dimensional control for an area of the works, ensuring that surveying instrumentation used is within calibration.
• Produces as built surveying compliance checks for an area of the works, ensuring the results are presented in a format suitable to be included in the project records.
• Establishes and maintains control from primary control, carrying out checks to the control provided by others and communicating control information to the team
• Able to manage the survey equipment being used on the project
  
  

Quality Management:

• Assists in delivery of Quality Plan and Assurance targets relevant to the project
• Carries out site quality inspections, resolving minor Quality issues as raised by Clients team or self and records on appropriate
• Quality Plan documentation and files for retrieval
• Able to interpret specification requirements, produce and work to ITPs
• Produces, maintains and closes out Permits to Work to the project requirements
  

Procurement of materials and plant, logistics:

• Provides quantity information and carries out material call offs and requisitions, measurement of material usage/reconciliation
• Assists with logistics planning and scheduling Temporary Works:
• Assists the TWC with TW inspections by taking on duty of TW inspector/supervisor
• Checks and communicates that all TW within work area have been applied to the TW procedure Programme, Scope of Works, Commercial: - Commercially aware, and raises possible variations and changes with Senior or Commercial team members prior to construction - Works to site and contract program
  
  
  

What you will bring:

• You will possess a qualification in Civil Engineering, Construction Management or Structural Engineering to HNC level or above
• A track record of delivering setting out and engineering processes on concrete frame projects.
• Ability to use CAD software for data transfer to/from single person working kit EDM preferable
• Highly competent in surveying and setting out techniques and able to teach others.
• Experience in managing and mentoring Graduate and Apprentice engineers
  
  
  
  

Benefits

• 26 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Private Healthcare
• Car Allowance
• Company Pension
• Volunteering Days - With Careys Foundation - or other organisations that are important to you
• Health Care Cashplan
• Cycle to work scheme
• Car Leasing Scheme
• Discounted Gym Membership
• Life Assurance
• Buy/sell holidays
• Other discounts and Cashback plans