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Project Engineer / Senior Site Engineer (6-Month FTC)
Location
London and Home Counties
Contract Type
6-Month Fixed Term Contract
Projects
Education / Leisure
Key Responsibilities
In this role, you will be the technical anchor on-site, managing complex engineering elements from deep excavations to reinforced concrete (RC) structures. Your day-to-day will involve:
- Technical Oversight: Accurately interpret drawings/specifications, check sub-contractor setting out, and manage as-built symmetry, retained structures, and piling/tolerance recording.
- Earthworks and Groundworks: Manage deep excavations, stabilisation checks, and cut-and-fill modelling imports.
- Quality and Compliance: Conduct rigorous inspections of all RC elements, approve method statements, monitor compliance, and ensure all health, safety, and quality systems are strictly maintained.
- Commercial Collaboration: Provide crucial technical data, re-measures, and survey deviance reports to the commercial team to support claims and sub-contractor analysis.
- Reporting and Records: Keep the Project/Contracts Manager fully updated on project status and maintain comprehensive, accurate records for archive.
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What We Are Looking For
This role requires a specialist background in complex groundworks and large-scale educational builds. To be successful, you must have:
- CAT 3 Basement Build Experience: This is essential. You must have a proven track record dealing with the complexities of Category 3 basement construction.
- Main Contracting Expertise: Significant, demonstrable experience working within the UK main contracting market.
- Education Sector Background: Experience delivering major education schemes valued between GBP 10 million and GBP 100 million.
- Sharp Commercial and Tech Skills: Ability to interface seamlessly with commercial teams, cross-examine sub-contractor data, and provide clear technical advice on problem areas.
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Randstad CPE Values
Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.
Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.
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