Site Engineer

Overview

Manage site civil engineering works, quality, safety and progress in Plymouth.

Key Responsibilities

• ncr management
• itp creation
• rfi handling
• setting-out
• progress monitoring
• quality records

Tasks

Responsible for all engineering duties and ensuring any engineers under their control complete their duties. Educate and mentor the engineering team. They will also input into RAMS, temporary works briefs, ITP's, weekly progress and planning updates, NCR's, TQs and Early Warnings. Be aware of your own and the engineers' responsibilities within the SMP By utilising the specialist skills of each business unit within VolkerWessels UK, VolkerStevin are able to ensure our staff provide unrivalled resources and expertise to our clients. -Raise, complete and close-out NCR's -Keep accurate records- diaries, photographs, marked up drawings, etc and ensure engineering team do the same. -Understand the project quality management plan and the roles and responsibility detailed within it -Ensure timely and accurate dimensional control for the construction of the works. -Ensure quality checks are carried out and records kept -Produce and implement the Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs) for your section of the works. -Raise Requests For Information (RFIs) and Technical Queries (TQs) -Support the overall project quality goals agreed in the SMP. -Be aware and involved in the correct implementation of the quality management system, where it affects your daily activities. -Establish accurate and clear setting-out on the ground. -Maintain the long-term setting out. -Develop the short to medium term programme for your section of the project. -Set-out in advance so that time is available to carry out any secondary checks. -Ensure that accurate setting-out and control is provided and checked (VS direct or subcontractors): -Be aware of responsibilities from the Quality policies and support the implementation of Quality Ripple: -Communicate clearly to the subcontract personnel operatives what the setting-out is and how it should be used. -Manage and monitor subcontractors progress. -Maintain project stations. -Maintain and collate quality records -Input into production of as-built documentation from site. -Maintain up-to-date progress records for your section of the works. -Attend collaborative planning sessions as required. -Assist in the management of the SMP: -Ensure the short term construction programmes are fully understood and followed. Brief the engineers on their relevant section of works ensuring timely setting out is provided.

Requirements

• civil engineering
• bachelor's
• 5 years
• security clearance
• uk national
• site management

What You Bring

VolkerWessels UK is committed to maintaining healthy, safe and productive working conditions for its entire staff and therefore a drugs & alcohol screening is mandatory for all. All of the above (and below) is applicable for self-delivery and subcontracted works. This position requires security clearance and you must be a UK National. -Quality performance at site level with regard to standards of both workmanship and documentation. -Accuracy of engineering controls and performance and management of site engineering team. -Bachelor's Degree in civil engineering -5 Years' Experience of Civil Engineering projects.

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Benefits

We offer competitive rewards and benefits, recognising the value we place on our employees. -24/7 Virtual GP service -Private medical care -Competitive annual leave and an additional day off on your birthday -Competitive salary -Mental health, physical health, and financial support -Training and development opportunities-comprehensive skills-based training -Working Towards Professional Certification -Option to buy additional annual leave -Shopping and restaurants vouchers, rewards, and discounts -Employee Assistance programme -Life Assurance -Cycle to Work scheme -Family friendly polices including enhanced maternity benefits

About Volkerwessels Uk

-Operates through five units—VolkerFitzpatrick, VolkerRail, VolkerStevin, VolkerHighways and VolkerLaser—each with deep specialist roots. -Frontline in complex infrastructure: building airports, rail networks, highways, marine works and major civil projects. -Typical projects range from rail signalling upgrades and highway bridges to port development and flood protection schemes. -Known for weaving niche skills—like slipform paving, steel foundations, waterproofing and land reclamation—into integrated delivery. -Headquartered in Hoddesdon, its teams juggle ~250 active sites countrywide, forging engineering solutions at scale. -A standout: VolkerLaser delivers specialist structural repair and waterproofing, a rare niche in UK infrastructure.

Sector Specialisms

Security Clearance

-mandatory drugs and alcohol screening -security clearance required