Site Engineer- Edinburgh

BDL; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A construction firm in Edinburgh is looking for a Site Engineer to support RC frame and groundworks projects. The role involves mentoring teams, managing engineering processes, and ensuring quality and safety on-site. Ideal candidates will have qualifications in Civil Engineering or a related field and a strong background in surveying and project management. Competitive benefits include private healthcare and a car allowance.

Benefits

26 days holiday plus bank holidays

Private Healthcare

Car Allowance

Company Pension

Volunteering Days

Health Care Cashplan

Cycle to work scheme

Car Leasing Scheme

Discounted Gym Membership

Life Assurance

Qualifications

• Track record of delivering setting out and engineering processes on concrete frame projects.
• Highly competent in surveying and setting out techniques; able to teach others.
• Experience in managing and mentoring Graduate and Apprentice engineers.

Responsibilities

• Support the technical delivery of RC frame and groundworks projects.
• Mentor and coach Graduate, Assistant, and Apprentice Engineers.
• Ensure engineering information on site is current and of construction status.

Skills

Civil Engineering

Surveying

Mentoring

Project Management

CAD Software

Education

Qualification in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or Structural Engineering to HNC level or above

Tools

CAD software

EDM

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity to join a highly skilled team delivering projects across the Edinburgh region. As a Site Engineer, you will support the technical delivery of RC frame and groundworks projects, with a flair for technical complexity and detail, and a core motivation to engage with, innovate and inspire the teams around you. You will be part of the operations team, playing a key role in the successful delivery of projects.

Careys Engineers work as part of a team interpreting engineering information and conveying this to the workforce to ensure delivery of the project to programme and budget.

Location: Edinburgh Area | Workplace type: Onsite | Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

What You Will Be Doing

• Health and Safety, Environment and Sustainability: Basic understanding of HSES regulations and good practice and ability to communicate to others.
• Participates in delivering project Health, Safety, Environmental and Sustainability targets.

• Project And Team Management: Mentors/coaches Graduate, Assistant and Apprentice Engineers.

• Construction Methodology: Keeps a site diary, shares information with the site team and contributes to knowledge capture. Able to access and interpret engineering information and communicate with the site team via mark-ups, sketches, calculations, or within setting out of the works. Provides feedback on performance of all project elements (materials, contractors, designs).

• Engineering Information, Design Coordination, And Process: Interrogate design information to determine suitability for works, and write RFIs and TQs to resolve discrepancies. Ensure engineering information on site is current and of construction status, updating files as required.

• Setting Out, Dimensional Control: Provide dimensional control for areas of the works; ensure surveying instrumentation is calibrated. Produce as-built surveying compliance checks and maintain project records. Establish and maintain control from primary control and communicate control information to the team. Manage the survey equipment on the project.

• Quality Management: Assist in delivery of Quality Plan and Assurance targets; carry out site quality inspections and resolve quality issues; maintain Quality Plan documentation and interpret specification requirements; produce and work to ITPs; manage Permits to Work.

• Procurement Of Materials And Plant, Logistics: Provide quantity information, material call-offs and requisitions; assist with logistics planning and scheduling Temporary Works; assist the TW inspector/supervisor; ensure TWs are applied to the TW procedure and programme; raise variations with senior or commercial team as appropriate.

What You Will Bring

• Qualification in Civil Engineering, Construction Management or Structural Engineering to HNC level or above.
• Track record of delivering setting out and engineering processes on concrete frame projects.
• Ability to use CAD software for data transfer to/from single-person working kit; EDM preferable.
• Highly competent in surveying and setting out techniques; able to teach others.
• Experience in managing and mentoring Graduate and Apprentice engineers.

Benefits

• 26 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Private Healthcare
• Car Allowance
• Company Pension
• Volunteering Days – with Careys Foundation or other organisations important to you
• Health Care Cashplan
• Cycle to work scheme
• Car Leasing Scheme
• Discounted Gym Membership
• Life Assurance
• Buy/sell holidays
• Other discounts and Cashback plans

About Carey Group

Our story starts in 1969 with three brothers and a van. John, Tom and Pat Carey started a groundworks contracting company in London. The Carey Group remains a family-owned construction business, operating across the UK and Ireland, with a commitment to delivering on our promises, respecting clients, offering innovative solutions, and producing high-quality work in safe environments. We focus on robust financial management, investment in our people, specialist equipment and strategic assets, and a culture of teamwork.

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