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Senior Engineer
As a Senior Engineer at Careys, you will play a critical role in delivering high-quality civil engineering projects across our portfolio. Working closely with the Project Engineer, Project Manager, and wider delivery team, you will take responsibility for leading engineering activities, ensuring works are delivered safely, accurately, and in line with design, programme, and commercial requirements.
You will take ownership of setting out, temporary works coordination, quality assurance, buildability reviews, information flow, and subcontractor management. You will also lead a team of Engineers, Graduates, and Apprentices—providing technical guidance, mentoring, and ensuring high performance standards across the engineering function.
This role is perfect for someone who thrives on technical challenge, enjoys influencing construction methodology, and is driven by delivering excellence on site.
Department
Engineering
Employment Type
Permanent - Full Time
Location
West Cumbria
Workplace type
Onsite
What You Will Be Doing
- Take ownership of setting out, temporary works coordination, quality assurance, buildability reviews, information flow, and subcontractor management.
- Lead a team of Engineers, Graduates, and Apprentices—providing technical guidance, mentoring, and ensuring high performance standards across the engineering function.
- Thrive on technical challenge.
- Enjoy influencing construction methodology.
- Driven by delivering excellence on site.
What You Will Bring
- A recognised Civil or Structural Engineering qualification (HNC or above).
- SMSTS and TWC qualifications.
- Experience working on major civil engineering projects such as highways, infrastructure, rail, or utilities.
- Strong technical skills in setting out, surveying, reading drawings, and ensuring compliance with specifications.
- Good working knowledge of temporary works, materials testing, and quality assurance.
- Proven experience managing, mentoring, and developing Engineers.
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify issues early and implement practical solutions.
- A collaborative mindset and a commitment to delivering safe, high-quality work.
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Benefits
- A values-driven culture built on Care, Humility, Passion, and Authenticity.
- A supportive environment that encourages continuous learning and professional development.
- Opportunities to work towards professional accreditation such as ICE membership.
- Access to high-quality internal engineering training and technical development.
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Health, wellbeing, and employee assistance programmes.
- The chance to influence major, complex civil engineering projects and see your contribution make a real impact.
- 26 days Holiday plus bank holidays.
- Car Allowance.
- Company Pension.
- Cycle to work Scheme.
- Discounted Gym Membership.
About Carey Group
Our story starts in 1969 with three brothers and a van.
John, Tom, and Pat Carey moved to London from Ireland and started a groundworks contracting company in London called PJ Carey Plant Hire (Oval) Ltd.
Their aspirations at the time were reflective of the values of the Carey Group today – to care about everything they did, to act with humility in all interactions, to be passionate about their work, and be authentic at all times.
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The Carey Group remains a family-owned construction business, operating across the UK and Ireland. Their goal at the time was to grow to around 50 operatives and provide quality, safe work so that they and their employees could provide for their families and get safe home every day. Through hard work and sticking to their values and their word, this was certainly achieved….and some.
Throughout the years, we have remained committed to delivering on our promises, respecting our clients, offering innovative solutions, and producing the highest-quality work in safe environments. These are the core principles set by our Founders, the ones we have never wavered from, and they help us to fulfil our ultimate vision to be the most trusted and socially responsible construction company, that people are proud to work with.
Our strong approach is underpinned by robust financial management, continuous investment in our people, specialist equipment, and strategic assets, and our long-standing culture of teamwork – we want to create the very best environments for our people.
We care about our people and our partners and how we work with them, ensuring we do our best by them. Ultimately, we care about our impact on the world around us and the communities that we proudly help to shape.
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