The Senior Engineer, who plays a key role in overseeing civil engineering projects with an annual turnover of £10 million.
This individual is responsible for the technical management and execution of the project while leading a team of 2 to 4 section engineers, ensuring efficiency, quality, and compliance throughout the construction process.
Key Responsibilities & Objectives:
1 Safety, Health, Environment & Sustainability
Prepare, check / approve method statements and risk assessments ensuring that appropriate priority is given to the public and that third party approvals are obtained where necessary.
Assist with the preparation of project environmental procedures and ensure that systems are implemented to satisfy contractual and statutory requirements, liaising with third parties, such as the Environmental Agency,
2 Dimensional/Spatial Control
Reviews how achievable, suitable and compatible the specified tolerances are & gets amended as required
Reviews & changes proposed construction methods to ensure compliance with specified or stated tolerances
Determines and implements the most appropriate methods for primary & secondary control on the project
Supervises, provides training and ensures competence of those carrying out dimensional control tasks
Provides advice and assistance in resolution of survey and dimensional control issues
3 Workmanship, Quality, Inspection & Testing
Reviews ITPs to ensure they correctly interpret the specified quality requirements and improves as necessary
Ensures that sub-contractors quality procedures comply with company / contract quality requirements and carries out audits as necessary
Determines remedial actions for non-conformances and ensures that these are approved and implemented
Ensure that NCR are satisfactorily closed out & that appropriate controls are applied to prevent reoccurrence
Produces construction / installation details which improve build-ability compatibility and minimise risk of later construction issues
Manages the production of quality assurance information for inclusion in the construction records
Takes responsibility for ensuring that company & project quality requirements procedures are implemented
4 Information, Change Control & Records
Records change requests from the client including any abortive work as a result of the request
Ensures information provided to the facility accounts for any change
Assists project engineer with this as per their job role
5 Permanent Works Materials, Products, Plant & Systems
Assists project engineer with this as per their job role
6 Construction Methods, Practices and Innovation
Challenges existing methods / procedures being used
Evaluates alternative solutions & proposed innovations to determine if they are more effective than current methods
Drives priority for improvement to software being developed for the facility
Initiates 3D modelling to develop methods, clarify issues and resolve method related problems
In respect to methods, carries out value engineering; understands the financial and client implications of de-scoping and constantly strives to add value to our projects
Is instrumental in finding alternative solutions to existing methods and practices to improve productivity, quality or safety helping to create best practice
Produces method statements for complex and high-risk operations such as those affecting the public
Approves method statements and risk assessments, evaluating them and suggesting improvements
Develops site practice such that method statements are always followed
7 Temporary Works/Systems & Cranes
Produces design briefs for the temporary works in their area
Carries out the role of Temporary Works Inspector (TWI) for complex temporary works ensuring compliance with company procedures
Carries out the role of Temporary Works Coordinator (TWC) for projects involving standard temporary works is Deputy TWC for complex projects ensuring compliance with company procedures
Applies a standard rule set of temporary works designs to a range of product
8 Design Process, Coordination and Management
Attend early-stage model detailing reviews and confirm compliance with the facility capability
Provides guidance to detailers on how to best align the cages with facility requirements
Inputs into cage triage and sequencing
Leads a team of Digital Engineers
Provides forecasts of work for external parties
Manages external teams drafting engineering drawings
Reviews and approves drawings taking into consideration buildability, temporary works and facility requirements
Document control through Common Data Environments
Reports status of design on a regular basis
Assists project engineer with this as per their job role
9 Engineering Knowledge – Capture, Sharing & Using
Provide value engineering in determining the best solutions to engineering problems.
Be aware of the lifting, handling, storage and transport requirement of the product and ensure these are captured in the temporary works design and communicated on drawings
Have an understanding of the capabilities and constraints of all manufacturing plants and equipment for the manufacture of reinforcement cages
Capturing facility knowledge and capability enabling continuous improvement, innovation and improved capability
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