Galliford Try
Senior Engineer
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Senior Engineer– Infrastructure – Bedfordshire
Location
Bedfordshire
Purpose of the Role
As a Senior Engineer on Galliford Try’s new highways project in Bedfordshire, you will be responsible for setting out, engineering control, and quality assurance, ensuring works are delivered safely, accurately, and to the highest standards.
You will also support and mentor the site engineering team, helping everyone perform at their best and fostering a collaborative, supportive, and high-performing work environment.
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a major infrastructure project and make a meaningful impact on its successful delivery.
What You Will Be Doing
- Promote and maintain a safe and inclusive working environment, ensuring full compliance with health, safety, and quality standards
- Support the Site Agent in planning, coordinating, and resourcing site activities to meet programme requirements
- Coordinate and manage subcontractors to deliver works safely, efficiently, and on schedule
- Prepare, review, and implement RAMS and ITPs, ensuring all works meet specification, quality, and inspection requirements
- Lead, support, and develop the site engineering team, delegating tasks and mentoring colleagues
- Monitor progress through programme control, coordination meetings, and short-, medium-, and long-term lookaheads
- Maintain accurate site records, QA documentation, as-built information, RFIs, TQs, and test results
- Work closely with commercial teams to support cost control, reporting, early warnings, compensation events, and snag management
About You
- Strong commitment to safe and inclusive working practices
- Able to read and interpret drawings, data, and technical information
- Experienced in advanced setting-out using Level, EDM, and GPS equipment, with relevant civil engineering experience
- Demonstrated leadership, delegation, and problem-solving abilities, with a flexible and collaborative approach
- NVQ Level 3 or higher, SMSTS and CSCS certified, with strong skills in Office 365 and CAD software
What we can offer in return
With an impressive order book of over £4.1 billion we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we’re poised for further growth and success, so if you’re committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.
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We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our ‘Be Well’ programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.
We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.
Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.
Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.
Our benefits
We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.
- Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
- A wide range of corporate discounts
- Cycle to Work schemes
- Comprehensive pension plan
- Competitive family leave policy
- Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
- Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it
- Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role
About us
Galliford Try is one of the UK’s leading construction groups with a vision to continuously be a people-orientated, progressive business, driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in.
Infrastructure Business
Our Infrastructure business has seen impressive growth over the last few years, securing a number of high-profile projects and places on key frameworks that have cemented our position as a leading player in the infrastructure sector.
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We are committed to investing in the success of our people, our business and our partners by consistently exceeding targets and delivering value to our customers through excellence, efficiency and innovation. We ensure that we have a positive impact and lasting legacy on the local environment, society and the communities in which we work.
With a solid foundation, we are poised for continued growth. Our Sustainable Growth Strategy centres on expanding our core capabilities into adjacent markets with new and existing customers, with a focus on infrastructure resilience to support the UK’s transition to net zero.
Infrastructure (Local Authority)
Our local authority business stream focuses on delivering vital infrastructure across the country, connecting communities, improving safety and providing multi modal forms of transport through a regionally focused approach.
We have an excellent reputation in the marketplace as a trusted and reliable partner. Our strong portfolio of schemes and key role on nine frameworks in the UK provides over 100 local authorities with direct access to our services.
For more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our Infrastructure business please contact Jenny Reid on jenny.reid@gallifordtry.co.uk
Additional Information
Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, reduced hours or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.
We encourage, and would be grateful if, you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.
Don’t meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
As a Disability Confident employer, we have committed to offer an interview to any candidate with a long-term health condition or disability that meet the essential criteria for the advertised position. Please contact the Resourcing Partner listed within the job advert if you believe this applies to you. We will also take the opportunity to discuss any adjustments required for your interview.
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