Site / Setting out Engineer
BTP Recruit · Groundworker · viaReed
£280.00 - £320.00 per day
- Closing date
- 23 Oct 2026
- Posted
- 35d ago
- Specialism
- Groundworker
- Sector
- Construction
- Reference
- reed-57335777
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An experienced Site Engineer is required to deliver complex groundworks and civil infrastructure for a major project in Cambridge. You will have experience of heavy civil works, deep drainage packages. Experience of underground service installations within a busy site would be helpful.
Key Responsibilities:
- Substructure Setting Out: Accurately set out deep drainage networks, manhole structures, attenuation tanks, service ducting, and foundation levels.
- As-Built Surveys & Data: Perform precise pre- and post-pour surveys, update as-built drawings, and verify line and level tolerances for deep excavations.
- Service Avoidance & Permits: Conduct CAT & Genny scans, manage utility avoidance protocols, and issue permits to dig prior to ground disturbance.
- Progress & Quality Reporting: Maintain detailed daily shift logs, complete site QA documentation, and coordinate directly with site gangs to keep pour schedules on track.
Requirements:
- 6+ years of hands-on site engineering experience on major commercial, industrial, or infrastructure schemes.
- Heavy experience in deep drainage, attenuation systems, and bulk earthworks.
- Proven ability to operate total stations / GPS instrumentation independently.
What you need to do now
Applications are handled by BTP Recruit on their own site — BOQQS does not collect CVs or hold your application. This listing closes on 23 Oct 2026.
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