Site Engineer

Site / Setting Out Engineer

Salary:
Competitive (dependent on experience)
Additional:
Company Car or Car Allowance

Location:

Herts, Cambridgeshire
Type:
Full-time Permanent

Linsco are delighted to be working alongside our client, a well-established and growing groundworks and civil engineering contractor, who are looking to appoint an experienced Site / Setting Out Engineer to join their Eastern Counties region.

Our client predominantly operates within the residential groundworks sector, delivering roads, sewers, infrastructure, bulk earthworks and housing plot groundworks for a number of major house builders and developers across the region.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Engineer looking to join a growing business, providing engineering support across multiple residential groundworks and infrastructure projects throughout the Northern Home Counties region.

• Carry out accurate setting out for foundations, drainage, roads, structures and associated infrastructure.
• Verify drawings, coordinates, levels and engineering information before works commence.
• Identify and resolve discrepancies within design information alongside technical and project teams.
• Independently check all setting out before releasing works to site teams.
• Undertake engineering validation checks throughout construction.
• Produce and maintain accurate engineering records, survey information and as-built data.
• Operate GPS, Total Stations and surveying equipment to a high standard.
• Ensure all surveying equipment is maintained, calibrated and stored correctly.
• Provide technical support and guidance to site teams, ensuring works are delivered safely and accurately.
• Liaise with Project Managers, Contracts Managers, Foremen, Clients and Technical teams.
• Coordinate engineering requirements across multiple projects where required.
• Ensure compliance with Health & Safety procedures and support RAMS, permits and method statements where necessary.

• Previous experience working as a Site Engineer or Setting Out Engineer within residential groundworks or civil engineering.
• Strong understanding of setting out principles and engineering control.
• Experience using GPS, Total Stations and surveying equipment.
• Ability to interpret technical drawings and engineering specifications.
• Strong numerical, analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Good communication skills and ability to build relationships with operational teams.
• Relevant engineering qualification (HNC/HND or Degree desirable).
• Valid CSCS Card.
• Full UK Driving Licence.

• Competitive salary dependent on experience.
• Company car or car allowance.
• Monday to Friday working hours.
• 23 days annual leave, increasing to 28 days with service.
• Holiday purchase scheme.
• Company pension.
• Life Assurance.
• Healthy Living Allowance.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Stable long-term opportunity with a growing civil engineering contractor.
• Variety of work across multiple residential infrastructure and groundwork projects.
• Genuine opportunities for career development and progression within the business.

Linsco is an equal opportunities employer. All applicants will be considered on their merits regardless of background, characteristics or personal circumstances. All applications will be dealt with in the strictest confidence.