Senior Engineer – Tunnelling

Senior Engineer – Tunnelling

Salary: £35- £45,000 + Pkg
Location: Colwyn Bay, North Wales
Regions: South West, Southern England

We have an exciting opportunity for a senior Engineer to work for a Main Civil Engineering contractor on a very prestigious project in Somerset.

This construction programme is due to start soon with circa 6 years worth of work in front of them. They require a Section Engineer to work across the project responsible for the heavy civil / Shafts section.

The successful candidate will have a proven track record of working on large civil / tunnelling schemes, with a background, either within heavy civils, and structures, highways or infrastructure.

Responsibilities as Section Engineer:

• Act as the main technical adviser on a construction site for subcontractors, craftspeople and operatives within your area of responsibility.
• Develop safe systems of work, method statements and quality documentation; ITPs, QRPs and the like.
• Produce, monitor and control budgets for sections of work scope.
• Ensure that all materials used and work performed are in accordance with the specifications.
• Oversee the selection and requisition of materials.
• Manage, monitor and interpret the contract design documents.
• Liaise with any consultants, subcontractors, supervisors, planners, quantity surveyors and the general workforce involved in the project.
• Attend regular progress meetings to inform the wider team.
• Carry out day-to-day management of the site, including supervising and monitoring the site labour force, junior site engineers and the work of any subcontractors in area of responsibility.
• Plan the work and efficiently organise the plant and site facilities in order to meet agreed deadlines.
• Oversee quality control and health and safety matters on site.
• Prepare reports as required.
• Resolve any unexpected technical difficulties and other problems that may arise.

Required Qualifications / Expertise:

• MEng/BEng/Foundation Degree/BTEC/ Degree in Civil Engineering.
• CSCS.