Senior Site Engineer in Durham

Due to significant growth in our water sector, we are recruiting for Senior Site Engineers to join our delivery team, working on the Northumbrian Water Framework. Costain have won extensive work across the water sector to support the AMP 8 investment cycle. We have been appointed by Northumbrian Water to the Living Water Enterprise to help shape and deliver its strategic infrastructure upgrade programme with contracts valued up to c.670m to Costain over the next 15 years.

The Senior Engineer will support the delivery of projects allocated to Costain, ranging in value from 1m - 10m in this first wave. This allocation covers both STW upgrades and Storm Overflow works. You will work across the project lifecycle from concept, ECI, delivery and through handover, engaging with site operational teams and supply chain partners (on one or multiple sites). You will support the development of our construction strategies and programmes, ensuring we are setting up and delivering safely to quality, time and budget.

Costain helps to improve people's lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK's leading smart infrastructure solutions company.

We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

Project level experience for contracts over 1m.

• Previous experience of working on multidisciplinary projects.
• Experience working with MEICA interfaces and/or in a water environment would be beneficial.
• A team player who can develop working relationships and demonstrate collaborative behaviours.
• Experience of delivering projects (or packages of work within small-medium-large projects) safely to quality, time and budget.
• Practical experience and familiarity of delivery to NEC forms of contract.
• Ability to build trusted relationships with key stakeholders and across the operational sites, client team, our Framework team (including design and supply chain partners) & Costain group.
• Computer competence (standard Microsoft tools, document control system, Primavera software).
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Degree level/HNC/HND qualification in a relevant Civil Engineering discipline.
• SMSTS, CSCS, Driving licence.

Support and develop site teams. Support production and implementation of project plans, RAMs, ITPs and waste management. Be responsible for robust and comprehensive site records (diaries, allocation sheets etc). Ensure supply chain remain compliant with the framework management plan. Fully support our safety culture to strive towards Zero LTI and RIDDOR Incidents. Maintain a commercial focus with a high level of challenge on project scope and choosing efficient delivery strategies. Work closely with the Site/Senior Agent to ensure sites have suitably competent and skilled resources required to complete tasks. Ensure consistent and reliable reporting of project SHE metrics, progress, cost, change etc. Ensure key project risks are identified early, and mitigated where possible.

Full time.