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Advance TRS; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Advance TRS is seeking a Civil Engineering Setting Out Engineer in the Tees Valley region to contribute to site execution, quality assurance, and safety compliance. The role involves setting out from control points, updating drawings, maintaining survey gear, and ensuring works align with designs and specs.

You will join a team focused on delivering projects on time, with emphasis on precise measurement, daily logs, and ongoing improvements in productivity and cost control.

Qualifications

• Strong technical knowledge of civil engineering construction methods.
• Proficiency in setting out and interpretation of engineering drawings.
• Good understanding of quality systems and inspection processes.
• Strong awareness of HSE regulations and site compliance.
• Commercial awareness and cost control understanding.
• Effective communication and team coordination skills.

Responsibilities

• Undertake setting out activities from primary control points provided by others.
• Prepare and issue sketches detailing installed setting out information.
• Maintain and calibrate surveying equipment to ensure accuracy and reliability.
• Ensure works are constructed in accordance with drawings, specifications, and tolerances.
• Produce and maintain accurate as-built drawings and records.
• Complete Quality Check Sheets in accordance with the Inspection & Test Plan (ITP).
• Maintain accurate site records, including daily diaries and progress documentation.
• Ensure works comply with project quality standards and specifications.
• Prepare and complete Field Control Sheets.
• Deliver relevant site briefings, including task briefings and toolbox talks.
• Conduct field inspections to ensure compliance with HSE requirements.
• Identify hazards and implement appropriate control measures.
• Promote a positive safety culture and ensure safe systems of work are followed.
• Measure actual materials used and compare against theoretical quantities.
• Work to the weekly programme prepared by others and record progress achieved.
• Identify delays or productivity issues and escalated where necessary.
• Support continuous improvement in site efficiency.
• Produce weekly measures of completed works.
• Undertake accurate take-offs and prepare material schedules.
• Understand and identify additional (variation) works outside the original scope.
• Assist in maintaining cost control within the allocated section.

Skills

Civil engineering methods

Setting out & drawings interpretation

Quality systems knowledge

HSE awareness

Cost control understanding

Communication & coordination

Job description

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Control

• Undertake setting out activities from primary control points provided by others.
• Prepare and issue sketches detailing installed setting out information.
• Maintain and calibrate survey equipment to ensure accuracy and reliability.
• Ensure works are constructed in accordance with drawings, specifications, and tolerances.

Quality Assurance

• Produce and maintain accurate as-built drawings and records.
• Complete Quality Check Sheets in accordance with the Inspection & Test Plan (ITP).
• Maintain accurate site records, including daily diaries and progress documentation.
• Ensure works comply with project quality standards and specifications.

Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE)

• Prepare and complete Field Control Sheets.
• Deliver relevant site briefings, including task briefings and toolbox talks.
• Conduct field inspections to ensure compliance with HSE requirements.
• Identify hazards and implement appropriate control measures.
• Promote a positive safety culture and ensure safe systems of work are followed.

Productivity & Programme

• Measure actual materials used and compare against theoretical quantities.
• Work to the weekly programme prepared by others and record progress achieved.
• Identify delays or productivity issues and escalated where necessary.
• Support continuous improvement in site efficiency.

Commercial Responsibilities

• Produce weekly measures of completed works.
• Undertake accurate take-offs and prepare material schedules.
• Understand and identify additional (variation) works outside the original scope.
• Assist in maintaining cost control within the allocated section.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong technical knowledge of civil engineering construction methods.
• Proficiency in setting out and interpretation of engineering drawings.
• Good understanding of quality systems and inspection processes.
• Strong awareness of HSE regulations and site compliance.
• Commercial awareness and cost control understanding.
• Effective communication and team coordination skills.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status