Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Milton Keynes, Norwich, Peterborough
Job field:
Construction
Type of contract:
Permanent
ID:
4529
Description and requirements
Skanska, one of the world’s leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.
Drawing on our Scandinavian heritage, we are green, innovative and progressive. We bring together people and technology, helping to make our industry safer and more collaborative.
Our infrastructure team brings its design, build and refurbishment expertise to complex projects across the country. We form strong partnerships with clients and communities to deliver major infrastructure improvements and we are currently partnering with @one Alliance to deliver over half of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme. As part of this partnership, we are gearing up for our most exciting and challenging Asset Management Period yet, known as AMP8, a new kind of project delivery focusing on nature-based solutions like wetlands and urban drainage schemes.
As such, we are now looking for a Site Engineer to join us on this exciting project planned for AMP8 to keep water flowing across the regions (Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Norwich, and Milton Keynes). Our site teams play a critical part in the successful delivery of our projects.
As Site Engineer, you’ll be managing the day-to-day quality assurance, including surveying, setting out duties, quality checks and approvals. You’ll also be assisting the site management teams with all aspects of health, safety, and environmental management.
You will:
* Day to day site quality assurance, including surveying, setting out duties, quality checks and approvals.
* Supporting the Site Manager to liaise with the Engineering and Integration team to resolve conflicts and ensure work is carried out in line with specifications and drawings.
* Assisting the site management teams with all aspects of health, safety, and environmental management, liaising with commercial, procurement and planning teams and supply chain management.
* Supporting the Site Manager in calling off materials, stock control etc. and liaising with procurement team to ensure orders are not exceeded without authority.
* Highlight any areas of concern before they become an issue.
* Do the right thing to ensure programme, quality and cost are delivered.
* Always explore alternatives to identify better ways of delivering the need.
* Look to minimise waste by ordering the required materials to optimise project performance.
* In all activities strive to minimise capital carbon through innovation, substitution and eliminations.
* Degree level qualification in a Civil Engineering allied subject or HND in Civil Engineering and vocational training in Engineering.
* Experience of being part of large-scale infrastructure programmes of work, the ability to plan ahead and ideally experience of Temporary Works supervision or lifting supervision, however that is not essential.
* A proactive approach to resolving unexpected technical difficulties, with a can-do attitude and enthusiasm to innovate and get the job done and a desire to pursue a career in construction.
* UK drivers’ license is a requirement for this role.
* This opportunity requires legal right to work in the UK.
Equal opportunities
We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.
We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.
Reasonable adjustments
We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using recruitment@skanska.co.uk if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.
More information about the role
Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us: recruitment@skanska.co.uk
The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.
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