Senior Site Engineer in Banbury

Are you ready to work in an inclusive, award-winning, progressive and dynamic environment? Do you have experience as an Engineer working on highways, bridges and structures projects? Do you have the ability to lead and manage subcontractors? Do you have experience in quality control and take-offs? Are you willing to travel throughout the country as required and directed?

Our client is a supportive and diverse group who always strive to do the right thing for our people, environment and communities. We have a passion for social value and are doing great work in the communities in which we work to help and support with the work we do, aiming to create infrastructure solutions with lasting community value.

This role is to assist the Project Manager and Construction Manager in project delivery and site engineering/setting out, ensuring safe delivery of the project to time, cost and quality requirements. The main project is a highways project which requires bridge examinations and general engineering duties around the M40 junction 10-12. This role requires experience of using robotic total station, generally line and level control. The ability and willingness to travel around the country is required.

Key tasks:

• Technical Assurance of Construction Works
  • Verify that works are constructed in accordance with approved designs, risk assessments (RAMS), and inspection/test regimes.
  • Provide daily engineering assurance on site.
  • Identify deviations from design or method and escalate.
• Inspection, Verification and Records
  • Undertake or support setting out and dimensional checks.
  • Inspection of safety-critical works.
  • Verification of construction activities (e.g. pours, groundworks, installation).
  • Maintain accurate engineering records and evidence.
  • Support “hold, witness and inspection points” within the Engineering Management Plan.
• Temporary Works Implementation
  • Supervise installation of temporary works.
  • Inspection prior to loading/use.
  • Removal and dismantling.
  • Ensure works are only implemented in accordance with approved designs and permits.
  • No authority for design approval or change.
• Monitoring Compliance and Escalation
  • Identify non-conformances, deviations from design or RAMS, and unsafe or uncontrolled works.
  • Escalate issues to TWC/Construction Manager/DI as appropriate.
  • Prevent progression of non-compliant work activities.
• Engineering Input into Planning and Sequencing
  • Support constructability reviews and sequencing of works.
  • Interface coordination (temporary/permanent works).
  • Assist in defining safe build methodology and logical construction stages.
• Evidence, Records and “Golden Thread”
  • Produce and maintain inspection records, verification data, and as-built information.
  • Contribute to the project evidence base required under Building Safety Act 2022 and Engineering Management Plan requirements.
• Support to Dutyholder Framework (CDM 2015)
  • Act as a key enabler of dutyholder compliance by monitoring construction works and providing real-time assurance.
  • Support risk control implementation.
  • Ensure work is planned, managed, and monitored safely on site.

Qualifications & Experience required:

• Civil Engineering degree.
• Bridges & structures examinations experience.
• Highways experience as a Site Engineer (not essential).
• Organising and managing ITPs.
• Managing specialist subcontractors.
• SMSTS/SSSTS.
• CSCS.