Site / Setting Out Engineer

Berkshire Talent Partnership; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Berkshire Talent Partnership is seeking an experienced Site Engineer for a major Cambridge project delivering complex groundworks and civil infrastructure. You will lead setting out and surveys on heavy civil works, focusing on deep drainage, attenuation systems, and underground services.

The role requires 6+ years of hands-on site engineering on large schemes and the ability to operate total stations and GPS equipment independently.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of hands-on site engineering on major commercial, industrial, or infrastructure schemes.
• Heavy experience in deep drainage, attenuation systems, and bulk earthworks.
• Proven ability to operate total stations / GPS instrumentation independently.

Responsibilities

• Substructure Setting Out: Accurately set out deep drainage networks, manhole structures, attenuation tanks, service ducting, and foundation levels.
• As-Built Surveys & Data: Perform precise pre- and post-pour surveys, update as-built drawings, and verify line and level tolerances for deep excavations.
• Service Avoidance & Permits: Conduct CAT & Genny scans, manage utility avoidance protocols, and issue permits to dig prior to ground disturbance.
• Progress & Quality Reporting: Maintain detailed daily shift logs, complete site QA documentation, and coordinate directly with site gangs to keep pour schedules on track.

Skills

Site engineering

Total stations / GPS

Site surveying

Drainage and earthworks

Tools

Total Stations

GPS instrumentation

Job description

An experienced Site Engineer is required to deliver complex groundworks and civil infrastructure for a major project in Cambridge. You will have experience of heavy civil works, deep drainage packages. Experience of underground service installations within a busy site would be helpful.

Key Responsibilities

• Substructure Setting Out: Accurately set out deep drainage networks, manhole structures, attenuation tanks, service ducting, and foundation levels.
• As-Built Surveys & Data: Perform precise pre- and post-pour surveys, update as-built drawings, and verify line and level tolerances for deep excavations.
• Service Avoidance & Permits: Conduct CAT & Genny scans, manage utility avoidance protocols, and issue permits to dig prior to ground disturbance.
• Progress & Quality Reporting: Maintain detailed daily shift logs, complete site QA documentation, and coordinate directly with site gangs to keep pour schedules on track.

Requirements

• 6+ years of hands-on site engineering experience on major commercial, industrial, or infrastructure schemes.
• Heavy experience in deep drainage, attenuation systems, and bulk earthworks.
• Proven ability to operate total stations / GPS instrumentation independently