Site Engineer

Location: Oxfordshire (On-site)

Duration: Long-Term Freelance

Start Date: Immediate / ASAP

Rate: Competitive Daily Rate (Outside IR35)

We are recruiting a Site Engineer to join a tier-one main contractor on one of the UK's most significant long-term water infrastructure programmes. This is an exceptional opportunity to get involved in a flagship mega-project from its crucial early phases, focusing on ground investigations, enabling works, and major civil infrastructure.

The Role

Working within the primary project delivery team, you will take ownership of setting-out accuracy, technical QA, and daily engineering control across early-stage civils and site setup. Your day-to-day will involve:

• Setting Out & Dimensional Control: Executing accurate engineering control for enabling works, earthworks, access roads, and site infrastructure using modern GPS and total station equipment.

• Technical QA & Inspections: Managing quality assurance through ITP sign-offs, as-built surveys, photographic records, and raising TQs/RFIs to resolve design queries.

• Site Supervision: Monitoring daily subcontractor outputs, tracking progress against lookahead schedules, and maintaining detail...