Senior Engineer

Senior Engineer

Appointment Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full Time
Job Category: Construction

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior Engineer to take responsibility for all on-site engineering activities. You will oversee setting-out engineers and subcontractors while taking ownership of Temporary Works coordination and compliance. This is a key site-based role, ensuring technical accuracy, quality assurance, and safe delivery of works across the project.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead all setting-out activities, ensuring accuracy across RC frames, groundworks, and structural elements

• Manage and verify site engineering surveys, including drainage, slab levels, lift shafts, stairwells, and as-built records

• Coordinate and check construction drawings, resolving dimensional clashes and discrepancies

• Oversee Temporary Works implementation in line with approved designs and safety procedures

• Carry out QA inspections, including rebar checks, cube testing, and post-pour slab edge level surveys

• Order and coordinate materials for RC frame, drainage, and waterproofing packages

• Inspections, QA documentation, and issue tracking

• Manage drawings and project documentation

• Raise and track RFIs, resolve setting-out issues, and support site safety and compliance requirements

About You

• Degree-qualified in Civil or Structural Engineering

• Proven experience delivering engineering works on major construction projects, ideally involving RC frame, groundworks, and high-rise structures

• Experience managing and mentoring site engineers

• Temporary Works accredited, with a strong practical understanding of TWC/TWS responsibilities

• Proficient in Fieldview for QA reporting and inspections

• Confident using 4Projects (or similar systems) to manage drawings and technical documentation

• Strong setting-out, surveying, and construction sequencing skills

• Excellent communication and problem-solving abilities, with confidence liaising with subcontractors, consultants, and site teams

• Proactive approach to health & safety, quality control, and compliance