Senior Site Civil Engineer

Responsibilities

• Interpret and implement technical drawings, specifications, and engineering plans.
• Liaise with design engineers to clarify technical details and incorporate design modifications as required.
• Review, accept, and comment on technical submittals: contractor proposals including shop drawings, calculations, material submittals, and general site queries.
• Supervise and manage day‑to‑day site operations and ensure construction activities align with approved engineering plans.
• Coordinate with project managers, subcontractors, suppliers, and other stakeholders to maintain schedule and quality.
• Participate in project planning meetings and contribute to the development of construction methodologies and risk assessments.
• Assist in resolving technical issues and construction problems on‑site.
• Develop and implement Inspection & Testing Plan to maintain project standards and quality.
• Monitor and verify materials delivered to the site are in accordance with project specifications and ensure proper usage and storage.
• Ensure compliance with relevant codes, standards, and environmental, health and safety regulations.
• Conduct site inspections and surveys to monitor progress, identify issues, take site photos, and recommend corrective actions.
• General inspections of items such as review C  or other types of tests, results and other geotechnical test reports to verify subgrade strength and suitability prior to substrate construction.
• Subgrade inspection and proof rolling to verify compaction, identify soft spots, and ensure uniformity before placement of base material.
• Destructive and non‑destructive compaction testing of subgrade, road base, trench backfill and pavement layers.
• Concrete works inspections including formwork, reinforcement, slump testing, and concrete strength testing.
• Pressure testing of water mains and other water infrastructure to verify system integrity and leak‑free performance.
• Hydrostatic and air testing of sewer and stormwater pipelines to confirm compliance with authority requirements.
• Level surveys and set‑out verification prior to construction of roads, culverts, drainage structures and retaining walls.
• Pavement conformance testing including surface level, thickness checks, camber checks, and core sampling.
• Erosion and sediment control inspections to ensure environmental compliance.
• Final inspections and conformance documentation for handover to clients, authorities or asset owners.
• Analyse contractor survey data and as‑built drawing information to identify and resolve issues or non‑compliances.
• Prepare and maintain site progress and quality reports and photographic records detailing general inspections, construction activities, progress, challenges, non‑conformances, solutions and actions.
• Forward copy of site diary to project administrator and project document controller on a weekly basis.
• Mark‑up drawings illustrating construction progress.
• Forward copy of mark‑ups to project administrator and project document controller on a weekly basis.