The primary purpose of a site engineer is to ensure that construction projects are completed accurately and safely. They provide technical assurance, manage on-site works, 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 solve daily problems that arise during construction, and help keep the project running smoothly from start to finish. The roads project includes the delivery of both permanent and temporary works in accordance with the certified design. Opportunity to develop engineering delivery experience and grow within role. Packages of work include – Concrete repairs and structural concrete, pavement, drainage, expansion joints, structural waterproofing, parapets and vehicle restraint, highway works, temporary works. The 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. #LI-KP1 RESPONSIBILITIES 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 Desirable • Experience in working on a similar project is desirable but not essential. QUALIFICATIONS Essential • Civil Engineering related qualification (HNC, HND BSc, MSc, BEng, Meng) • SMSTS 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 Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do. Costain appreciate the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at application phase. We do share individual feedback following an interview. A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that disclose they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to the Disability Confident website: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/disability-confident-campaign [https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/disability-confident-campaign]

Site Engineer