Graduate Engineer in Leiston

The Geotechnical Sub Alliance (GSA) is at the forefront of the Sizewell C nuclear power station development - one of the UK’s largest and most exciting infrastructure programmes. We’re responsible for preparing the foundations of the entire site: designing and constructing cut-off walls, retaining structures, soil improvements and more. Using advanced geotechnical engineering and world-class construction technologies, this is a rare opportunity to contribute to a national project that will shape the UK’s clean-energy future.

The Role

To ensure that contracts are carried out in line with company procedures and ensure that sites are managed safely and efficiently. Keeping in contact with the client to ensure quality work and within budget.

What You’ll Be Doing

• On-site management of projects covering technical administration and commercial aspects of the project.
• Liaising with plant yard over costs and damages.
• Liaise with labour Co-ordinator to ensure that the sites have a sufficient labour force capable of carrying out tasks.
• Prepare budgets to ensure that the job will return sufficient money and to ensure that there has been no shortfalls within the estimate.
• Visit the site before the job starts to ensure the piling platform is sufficient and welfare facilities are in place, run through FPS attendances.
• Prepare contract and site files for each contract.
• Prepare job specific contract plans / ITPs & RAMs.
• Liaise with plant yard to organise plant requirements.
• Ensure concrete service is secured and trials carried out where required.
• Organise sub-contractors if required (setting out, excavators, muckaway, steel fixing etc.).
• Liaise with purchasing on ordering materials for the various sites.
• Liaise with clients keeping them up to date on site works and any changes in costs/extension of time/extra work.
• Ensure detailed site records are maintained.
• Weekly costs recorded to ensure that the project is within budget.
• Organise load and integrity testing of piles.
• Monitor test cube results to ensure that concrete is within specification.
• Assist Quantity Surveyors on final accounts and weekly values, liaise with them to ensure all changes, variations etc. are dealt with.
• Close off quality plans.
• Ensure that all site work is carried out to high safety standards.
• Discuss with foreman the design requirements ensuring that he fully understands the requirements.
• Ensure that rig instrumentation is working correctly and calibrated.
• Check ground conditions are as assumed in the pile design calculations, if different refer to design department.
• Keep up to date with all correspondence ensuring that we are working from the most recent drawings/design.
• Produce Pile schedules from information taken from engineer drawings.
• Monitoring and reporting on progress of works.
• Taking handover information from the Estimator producing budget, communication plant and labour requirements to plant yard and labour resource manager.
• Check that ground conditions are as assumed in the design calculations, if in any doubt refer back to design department.
• Ensure that the foreman fully understands what is required.
• Ensure that any rig instrumentation is working correctly and calibrated, printouts checked and filed.
• Update weekly cost sheet and report under performance immediately.
• Organise maintained load testing and integrity testing as required.

What We’re Looking For

• Good understanding of CFA, LDA, Secant and support fluid piling techniques.
• Commercial knowledge awareness.
• Computer literate.
• Basic understanding of geotechnics and pile design.
• Good communication skills.

Why Bachy Soletanche?

When you join the world’s largest specialist geotechnical contractor, you’re part of an international community of over 10,000 experts, based in 31 countries around the world. You’ll have the opportunity to contribute to prestigious, ground-breaking projects, using the very latest tools and technology to solve complex problems, constantly learn new skills and take your career in any direction. As well as being part of a landmark project and working in a collaborative alliance environment, we offer:

• Discretionary annual bonus (based on personal/project performance).
• Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme (min. 5% company contribution).
• Enhanced Sick Pay (after probation).
• Income Protection, Private Medical Insurance and Life Assurance.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• 25-days annual leave + Bank Holidays per year (increasing with service).
• Option to purchase additional annual leave.
• Paid annual professional memberships.
• Volunteering days.
• Professional growth and development.

Bachy Soletanche is committed to equal opportunities in employment with the aim of ensuring that everyone who applies to work for us receives fair treatment. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion or belief and pregnancy/maternity.