Section Engineer

Overview

In this role you will lead setting out activities for major highway projects, ensuring accurate layout and alignment while aligning with project specifications. You will work within the Quality, Health & Safety, and Productivity streams to deliver on-time, compliant outputs. You’ll coach team members, raise non-conformances, and support risk controls to meet contract requirements. This is an opportunity to contribute to high-profile infrastructure that supports communities and national economies.

Pay / Benefits

• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies including maternity/adoption leave and paternity/partners leave
• Pension
• Share incentive plan
• Volunteering leave
• Recognition schemes

Responsibilities

• Carry out complex setting-out and determine optimum installation locations
• Produce Activity Control Plans (ACP) and reference specifications
• Maintain comprehensive quality records and raise Non-Conformance Reports
• Identify and raise Technical Queries with possible solutions
• Prepare Method Statements, Risk Assessments and Temporary Works Briefs
• Develop and communicate weekly programmes and monitor progress against KPIs
• Collate weekly measure information and monitor wastage against budgets/KPIs
• Carry out labour and plant reconciliation and manage subcontractor/supplier outputs

Key requirements

• Able to carry out complex setting out
• Experience of producing ACP
• Understanding of construction tolerances
• Awareness of Specification and Contract documents
• Understand Permit to Work system and raise permits
• Identify hazards and implement controls
• Understand 13-week Stage Programme
• Understand key contract documentation and subcontractor requirements

• Coaching and guiding subordinates
• Proactive in hazard identification and control implementation
• Good communication of plans and targets
• Setting out techniques
• ACP (Activity Control Plans)
• Permit to Work

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