Site Engineer

The primary purpose of a site engineer is to ensure that construction projects are completed accurately and safely. They provide technical advice, manage staff on-site, and ensure compliance with health and safety standards. Site engineers are responsible for overseeing all on-site activities to ensure they align with the project’s design, specifications, and legal requirements. They also manage daily site activities, solve problems that arise during construction, and help keep the project running smoothly from start to finish.

This role is in the Operations Engineering job family, supporting Costain project delivery of the Brent Cross Structures Programme. The scheme includes both structural and highway maintenance, repairs and upgrades to the TfL network.

This role will be site based

At Costain, we believe diverse perspectives drive innovation. If you’re passionate about making a positive impact and think you can bring value to our team, we’d love to hear from you even if you don’t tick every box. Your unique skills and experiences could be exactly what we need.

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Responsibilities

• Communicating the plan – suppliers, foreman, stakeholders, management ​

• Start of Shift – co-ordination of daily work activities for briefings​

• Toolbox Talks – prepare and brief​, confirm understanding

• Develop safe systems of work inc. prepare, review, approve Risk Assessment and Method Statement​s (RAMS).

• Setting out, surveys, engineering checks.

• Quality assurance inspections.

• High risk tasks – writing, authorising, briefing and reviewing permit-controlled tasks e.g. excavating, lifting, confined spaces, electrical work.

• SHE observations and reporting​ & Contract Targeted Risk Monitoring​

• Compile quality and Health & Safety File documentation​ throughout the project.

• Keeping diary records

• Continuously review site hazards, assess them and control them​.

• Training assessments e.g. CAT & genny.

• Checking test certs for lifting equipment, machinery, harnesses etc​

• Incident management - Responding to incidents in work and in vicinity​

• Works readiness reviews​

• COSHH assessments​

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

Essential

• Notable experience delivering infrastructure projects in a site role
• Ability and willingness to guide, mentor and develop junior staff.
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Passionate about engineering and operational delivery.
  

Desirable

• Experience in working on a similar project is desirable but not essential.

Essential

• Civil Engineering related qualification (HNC, HND BSc, MSc, BEng, Meng)
• SMSTS
• First Aid
  

Desirable

• Appointed Person, lifting training is an advantage
• Mental Health First Aid
• Fire Marshalling

• Confined Space Training

• CAT & Genny Training

• Temporary works Supervisor

• First Aid