Job Description

Job Advertisement: Senior Site Engineer

📍 Location: Durham

📅 Start Date: February 2025

💰 Salary: £(Apply online only) per day

🏗 Sector: Civil Engineering & Groundworks - Main Contractor

About the Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Site Engineer to join a leading Main Contractor on a key civil engineering project in the Durham. The successful candidate will play a vital role in ensuring the delivery of groundworks, earthworks, and concrete slab installations, maintaining high-quality standards and site efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

✔ Oversee civil engineering and ground improvement works, including dynamic compaction.

✔ Manage and monitor earthworks, including cut & fill and ground remediation.

✔ Ensure accurate setting out and construction of internal and external concrete slabs.

✔ Implement and maintain QA procedures, including digital recording, filing, and reporting.

✔ Use AutoCAD for setting out and design interpretation (experience in LSS or Civil 3D is advantageous).

✔ Work closely with project teams, subcontractors, and site managers to ensure programme adherence and quality control.

Candidate Requirements:

🔹 Experience working for a Main Contractor on civil engineering projects.

🔹 Strong background in ground improvement techniques (preferably dynamic compaction).

🔹 Proven expertise in earthworks, ground remediation, and cut & fill operations.

🔹 Extensive experience in the installation of internal and external concrete slabs.

🔹 Strong QA and documentation management skills, preferably using a digital platform.

🔹 Proficiency in AutoCAD (experience with LSS or Civil 3D would be a plus).

🔹 Excellent communication and problem-solving skills, with a proactive approach to site challenges.

What’s on Offer?

✅ Opportunity to work with a reputable Main Contractor on a key industrial project.

✅ Competitive salary and benefits package.

✅ The chance to be part of a highly skilled and dynamic site team.

✅ Career progression and ongoing training opportunities.

Please apply below and get in touch with Heather Duncan in the Birmingham office