Details:
- Salary: £50,000 - 80,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Crawley
- Date: 2 days ago
Description:
Position: Site Engineer
Office location: Crawley, West Sussex
Salary/Package: £ competitive + car allowance and comprehensive package
Target start date: October/November 2026
The role:
We are looking for a skilled Site Engineer to manage setting out, QA and technical coordination on a variety of construction building projects in Sussex and Surrey.
Key responsibilities:
Maintaining up-to-date construction drawings and registers
Carrying out site surveys and level surveys before sites start
Setting out all elements and controlling line and level across the projects
Checking building layout in relation to site boundaries
Setting out groundworks, earthworks, foundations, drainage, roads, kerbs and external works
Taking off and assisting with ordering all groundworks and RC frame materials.
Resolving setting out problems and raising and tracking RFIs.
QA on site and implementing site Inspection Test Plans.
Raising technical submittals and maintaining as-built records.
Use of CAD and Leica EDM (TS06 / TS07 / TS16).
About you:
Essential:
A consistent employment history, ideally demonstrating good tenure with previous employers.
Previous experience of setting out on building projects.
Sound knowledge of construction methods, health and safety and legal regulations
Fully conversant with the use of robotic total station or EDM instruments
Degree qualified/HNC (or equivalent) in construction or civil engineering
Excellent communication skills
Experience in using AutoCAD and MS Office
Someone that is a team player. This employer is looking for someone that is going to get involved and contribute to a project's success.
Desirable:
Temporary-works coordination
CSCS card
Cable avoidance training
First aid training
NEBOSH or IOSH
Why apply for this role:
This is a position with a regional main contractor where new roles don't come up that often due excellent staff retention and taking on a limited number of projects at any one time to ensure a focused delivery of schemes in the education, commercial, leisure, social housing and groundworks sectors for their repeat clients. You will receive
Consistent pipeline of work in the local area
A competitive salary
Excellent car allowance (one of the best I've come across)
25 days holiday
5% pension
Discretionary bonus upon completion of the qualifying period