Site​/Setting out engineer

Position: Site / Setting out engineer
Location: Cambridgeshire

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