Senior/Project Engineer (Hiring Immediately) in Edinburgh

The Senior/Project Engineer is a key link between the works on-site, the design and technical functions, and the wider project team. They provide technical guidance to the workforce and Site Engineers, ensuring project success through consistent leadership and technical oversight. The Senior/Project Engineer is responsible for ensuring that the Project Manager is well-informed of day-to-day technical challenges on-site. They also play a vital role in maintaining Statom’s reputation for delivering quality, safety, and technical excellence.

Requirements

• Project Oversight and Leadership: Lead and provide technical guidance to the engineering team, ensuring all project requirements are met. Act as the primary technical point of contact for the project providing solutions to site-based challenges. Ensure the Site Engineering team is delivering high-quality work and adhering to Statom's standards and specifications. Champion and focus on achieving the highest Quality and Technical Standards. Mentor Site Engineers and junior team members, fostering professional growth, training and ensuring technical competence. Ensure continuous improvement through effective problem-solving and decision-making on-site.
• Dimensional Control and Surveying: Plan and implement dimensional control strategies, ensuring all setting-out information and primary/secondary controls are accurate and controlled. Ensure that the correct survey equipment is used and maintained, with proper checks and logging carried out by the Site Engineers. Guide the Site Engineers on the capabilities and limitations of survey equipment, ensuring appropriate selection for upcoming tasks. Where applicable, arrange additional training for individuals – through the Engineering Director. Monitor and plan as-built surveys, ensuring that they respond to project specifications and any emerging technical risks. Ensure As-builts are being completed on time. Interpret as-built surveys, promptly raising any non-compliance issues with the design team. Provide proposals and recommendations for resolving any non-conformances.
• Quality Management: Develop and implement Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs) that meet the project specifications, contractual requirements, and comply with Statom's Quality Management System. Ensure that ITPs, Task Briefing Sheets, and Method Statements are suitably briefed to the project team, they are adhered to and quality assurance documentation is produced to the required standard. Monitor and report on subcontractor performance, ensuring their quality control and implementation complies with Statom’s standards. Identify and manage non-conformances, raising Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs) and leading efforts to close them out with agreed mitigations. Promote learning with others to ensure issues are not repeated elsewhere.
• Materials Management: Understand and ensure compliance with the Material Approvals process, ensuring materials meet specifications and employer’s requirements. Make the site and assistant engineers aware of the requirements. Manage long-lead item procurement and ensure materials are ordered in a timely manner to meet the project schedule. Monitor material wastage and implement controls to minimise excess material usage. Perform material take-offs from drawings and site measures, ensuring accurate material records. Oversee the material testing regime, ensuring tests are conducted and recorded in line with project specifications. Consider sustainable material use and take measures where appropriate to minimise embodied carbon.
• Construction Methods and Innovation: Maintain expertise in a wide range of construction methods, effectively communicating methodologies to the site team. Develop and learn from the wider project team. Propose value engineering solutions, suggesting alternative methods, materials, and practices to enhance project delivery. Implement knowledge and lessons learned from previous projects to improve current practices. Ensure that design information is accurately translated into practical instructions for the site team.
• Design Process and Information Management: Ensure that there is a suitable Design Responsibility Matrix and Information release schedule in place for the project. Understand it, make sure it is in line with the contract and fit for purpose – otherwise raise with the Project Manager. Assist in the management of the design process (alongside the Project Manager), ensuring that design information (drawings, specifications, etc.) is properly managed.