Site Engineer in Inverness

Location: Inverness

Salary: £35,000 - £40,000 + £4,255 Car Allowance

Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week

Additional Company Benefits: Exceptional Career Development Opportunities, Company Car/Car Allowance (Depending on job grade), Pension matched up to 8%, 25 days annual leave – plus holiday (opportunity to buy/sell leave will be implemented from January 2026), Private medical insurance, Free 24/7 EAP

Overview:

First Military Recruitment is proudly working in partnership with a fantastic national construction business who are looking to recruit a Construction Site Engineer on a permanent basis due to growth based at either their Inverness depot.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Collaborate and provide specified measurement data as required by the Commercial department.
• Work in collaboration with the Project Team, including subcontractors, to ensure compliance with all legal, company and project health, safety and environmental requirements.
• Maintain a working knowledge of the project specification, sufficient to ensure that all works within area of responsibility are compliant with specification.
• Produce, for approval by others, required permits, task briefs and other required documentation for works within the area of responsibility.
• Ensure that approved documentation is in place and fully briefed to all required persons prior to work within the area of responsibility.
• Contribute to the production of the 3 weekly construction programme.
• Undertake works in accordance with the agreed programme.
• Provide accurate engineering control and setting out for the works in accordance with the latest approved design information.
• Contribute to the development of temporary works solutions.
• Support the TWC and Supervisor(s) in ensuring that temporary works solutions are constructed, used and dismantled in accordance with approved designs and method statements.
• Undertake other duties as defined and appointed under the Project Specific IMS plan or as defined by the Site Agent.
• Support and contribute to the development of more junior staff through active engagement and feedback, appropriate delegation and review of their works.
• Actively promote high standards of Health, Safety, Environmental, Sustainability and Quality compliance, including active monitoring of performance.
• Act as a role model for exceeding compliance.
• Maintain a high level of personal knowledge of requirements and engage external advisors as required for the project.
• Ensure completion of all required actions following accidents, incidents, near misses and the like.
• Ensure Observation Cards process is implemented and followed on the project, including active review and feedback.
• Critically review and approve the project IMS plan.
• Ensure compliance in all areas through leading and implementing the measures defined in the plan.
• Undertake duties as identified and appointed.
• Report incidents, near misses or concerns to an appropriate person.
• Undertake inspections and checks as identified in project Inspection and Test Plans.
• Provide and maintain defined quality assurance records.
• Identify non-conformances and raise NCR’s as appropriate for approval and issue by others.
• Identify erroneous or incomplete design information and notify to line management for resolution with designers.
• Conform and comply with requirements of IMS.
• Ensure all required documented outputs and records from these accountabilities are correctly uploaded to Themis and other project document control systems.
• Maintain appropriate and accurate site diaries / records of works progress, changes, resources and issues, including works by subcontractors, to ensure all aspects of the work are correctly recorded for later use by others.

Skills and Experience:

• Degree or HNC/HND in Civil Engineering or related discipline.
• CSCS Card.
• Full UK Driving Licence.
• SMSTS or SSSTS desirable.
• Good appreciation of commercial and contractual requirements.