Site Engineer - Glasgow

Careys; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company in Glasgow is seeking a Site Engineer to join their skilled team. This role involves supporting the technical delivery of various projects, mentoring junior engineers, and managing construction methodologies. The ideal candidate will hold an HNC in a relevant field and have experience with concrete frame projects. Benefits include a competitive salary, pension, healthcare, and multiple perks.

Benefits

Company Pension

26 Days Holiday

Healthcare

Car Allowance

Gym Membership

Health Cash Plan

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 the technical delivery of RC frame and groundworks projects.
• Mentors/coaches Graduate, Assistant and Apprentice Engineers.
• Ensures engineering information is current and communicates updates.

Skills

Civil Engineering knowledge

Setting out and engineering processes

CAD software proficiency

Surveying techniques expertise

Mentoring abilities

Education

HNC in Civil Engineering or related field

Tools

CAD Software

Job description

Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join a highly skilled team delivering several new projects across the Glasgow 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.

Key Responsibilities

• Health and Safety, Environment and Sustainability: Basic understanding of HSES regulations and good practice and ability to communicate to others
• Health and Safety, Environment and Sustainability: 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
• Construction Methodology: 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
• Construction Methodology: 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
• Engineering Information, Design Coordination, and process: 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
• Setting out, Dimensional Control: 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
• Setting out, Dimensional Control: Establishes and maintains control from primary control, carrying out checks to the control provided by others and communicating control information to the team
• Setting out, Dimensional Control: 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
• Quality Management: 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
• Quality Management: Able to interpret specification requirements, produce and work to ITPs
• Quality Management: 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
• Procurement of materials and plant, logistics: Assists with logistics planning and scheduling Temporary Works
• Procurement of materials and plant, logistics: Assists the TWC with TW inspections by taking on duty of TW inspector/supervisor
• Procurement of materials and plant, logistics: Checks and communicates that all TW within work area have been applied to the TW procedure Programme, Scope of Works, Commercial; Works to site and contract program

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• 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

• Company Pension
• 26 Days Holiday plus holiday
• Excellent salary and benefits, including pension, healthcare, and car allowance
• Optional Benefits via My Perks: Dining Card, Gym Membership, Cycle to Work, Holiday Trading (buy or sell up to 4 days), Health Cash Plan, Dental and Critical Illness Insurance, Partner Life Assurance, Car Leasing and Discounts & Cashback
• You’ll be joining a brilliant team who are lots of fun, have a wealth of knowledge to learn from, and will always keep you challenged
• Personal Development including an ICE Development Programme