Setting Out Engineer

Location: Cheshire West and Chester

Main job:
Set out, check, and control lines, levels, and dimensions for concrete structures and civil works on construction sites. You’re the one making sure what’s built matches the drawings.

Key Responsibilities Setting out:
Transfer design data from drawings/BIM to site using total station, GPS, or laser

Concrete structures:
Set formwork lines, slab levels, column/grid lines, pile positions

Civils works:
Set kerb lines, drainage falls, road levels, foundations

QA & records:
Check tolerances, produce as-built surveys, keep setting out books

Safety:
Follow CDM 2015, site rules, and risk assessments

Coordination:
Work with site managers, steel fixers, formwork teams

Issue resolution:
Spot clashes/errors early and propose fixes

Requirements – UK 2026

Quals: HNC/HND or degree in Civil Eng, Surveying, or Geospatial

Experience:

2-5 years setting out on structures, civils, or building projects

Skills:

Total station, GPS/GNSS, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, 12D, Rebar Certs: CSCS card, SMSTS a plus. TPS or RICS route if chartered

Knowledge: BS EN tolerances for concrete, surveying methods

Typical DayAM:
Download data, check drawings, issue levels to gangs

Work:
Set out formwork, pour checks, record as-builts

PM:
Survey records, handover points to next shift