Job details
- Job ID: VAC-4708
- Type: Temporary Professional
- Region: Cheshire
- Wage: Minimum £320 per day.
- Contact: Ryan Barnett
- Email: ryan.barnett@wearefootprint.co.uk
Your Role
As Site Engineer, you will play a key technical and supervisory role on-site. Typical duties include:
- Acting as the main technical adviser on site for subcontractors, operatives and craftspeople.
- Setting out, levelling and surveying the site according to contract drawings and design plans.
- Checking plans, drawings and quantities for accuracy, and ensuring that all work and materials comply with specifications.
- Supervising subcontractors and site operatives; managing day-to-day site labour and subcontractor activity.
- Liaising with site management, subcontractors, design teams, and ensuring effective communication across project team.
- Coordinating procurement of materials, ensuring adequate supply, and assisting with resource planning. Producing and maintaining site documentation: site diaries, as-built records, quality assurance and inspection reports.
- Ensuring compliance with health, safety and environmental regulations at all times.
- Helping to resolve technical issues and unexpected problems promptly to keep the project on track.
Person Specification / Requirements
- Demonstrable experience as a Site Engineer (or equivalent) on medium to large-scale construction projects, ideally industrial, structural steel or RC-frame works.
- Proficient in reading and interpreting technical drawings / specifications and setting out works accordingly.
- Strong knowledge of site engineering practices, health & safety legislation, quality control.
- Good communication and organisational skills; ability to liaise effectively with subcontractors, site management, clients and design teams.
- Ability to work hands-on on site and maintain accurate records and documentation.
- Use of own kit (survey equipment / “one-man kit”) would be an advantage. (We can discuss if this is provided, depending on circumstances.)
- Valid UK driving licence preferred (or ability to commute reliably to Middlewich).
What We Offer
- Competitive daily rate of £320/day for the duration of the contract.
- Opportunity to work on a substantial industrial new-build project with an established regional contractor.
- Supportive working environment, working with an experienced site team.
- Potential for extension or further opportunities on other projects, based on performance and project pipeline.
Job Title: Site Engineer — Industrial New Build (Short-Term Contract).
Contract Type: Short-term cover, for large-scale industrial new build project.
How to Apply
If you are interested and meet the requirements above, please send your CV.
This is a confirmed vacancy with an immediate start.