Site Engineer

5858
Birmingham
Contract
£360-£410 per day PAYE Umbrella
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Carmichaels are recruiting for a Site Engineer to work on the Early Environmental Works of the HS2 project

What You'll Be Doing

As a Site Engineer, your main accountabilities will be as follows:

  • Ensure all systems, design information, procedures and quality systems are effectively communicated;
  • Support the project delivery teams, verifying the work of others, providing technical support;
  • Lead or support assurance on projects through conducting audits and regular meetings with project teams, identifying best practice, areas for improvement and areas of concern, including matters relating to safety, finance or quality;
  • Develop and maintain relationships with relevant customers including technical consultants and suppliers, managing their input in the design, development, pricing and delivery of technical solutions on site;
  • Maintain personal expertise and knowledge to ensure that the company is at the forefront of the industry both technically and in using the latest technologies and standards;
  • Ensure that the engineering is efficiently managed so that it is fit for purpose from conception right through installation and maintenance; recognising site conditions and constraints and taking into account CDM, other statutory regulations and customer requirements;
  • Ensure the efficient operation of procurement, material control policies and procedures; providing assistance in producing accurate and current procurement schedules and cost information/reports (where required);
  • By using the principles of quality assurance, and where appropriate technical Integrity, ensure the customer requirements are clearly understood and that Quality Control mechanisms are in place that provide assurance that the asset and/or service delivers as designed/required;
  • Contribute to the accurate and efficient provision of progress and productivity reports weekly and monthly to senior management, in accordance with company procedures;
  • Provide concise and accurate feedback on project performance against estimate to the estimating function (where required);
  • Seek to understand and implement the appropriate digital tool sets to support the project execution;

 

Who we're looking for

The following personal qualities and experience are required:

 

  • A degree in a relevant engineering discipline and a relevant professional qualification, such as MICE or MIStructE, or having an ONC/HNC is desirable;
  • A valid CSCS card is required;
  • Focused and thorough with the appropriate skills to advise senior management when something needs immediate redress together with the tenacity and drive to ensure that the necessary action is taken;
  • Previous management experience within the construction or relevant support services industries, together with a strong understanding of technical issues and trends in the relevant sectors, including specialist markets is required;
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills are required, coupled with an ability to form effective relationships with partners and delivery team members under time pressure, and a customer centric, flexible approach;
  • A desire to continuously pursue innovation and development, with a focus on engineering excellence, the customer and the business is required;   
  • An understanding of BIM and how to read and assemble BIM models and produce appropriate reports from them is desirable.