Job Specifications
Roles And Responsibilities - Senior Engineer
The Senior Engineer is a key link between the works on-site, the design and technical functions, and the wider project team. They provide technical guidance to the workforce and Site Engineers, ensuring project success through consistent leadership and technical oversight. The Senior Engineer is responsible for ensuring that the Project Engineer/Project Manager are well-informed of day-to-day technical challenges on-site. They also play a vital role in maintaining Statom's reputation for delivering quality, safety, and technical excellence.
Key Roles and Responsibilities:
Project Oversight and Leadership:
Lead and provide technical guidance to the engineering team, ensuring all project requirements are met
Act as the primary technical point of contact for the project (Either alongside the Project Engineer or in the Absence of a Project Engineer), providing solutions to site-based challenges
Ensure the Site Engineering team is delivering high-quality work and adhering to Statom's standards and specifications. - Champion and focus on achieving the highest Quality and Technical Standards
Mentor Site Engineers and junior team members, fostering professional growth, training and ensuring technical competence
Ensure continuous improvement through effective problem-solving and decision-making on-site
Dimensional Control and Surveying:
Plan and implement dimensional control strategies, ensuring all setting-out information and primary/secondary controls are accurate and controlled
Ensure that the correct survey equipment is used and maintained, with proper checks and logging carried out by the Site Engineers
Guide the Site Engineers on the capabilities and limitations of survey equipment, ensuring appropriate selection for upcoming tasks. Where applicable, arrange additional training for individuals - through the Engineering Director
Monitor and plan as-built surveys, ensuring that they respond to project specifications and any emerging technical risks. - Ensure As-builts are being completed on time
Interpret as-built surveys, promptly raising any non-compliance issues with the Project Engineer or design team. - Provide proposals and recommendations for resolving any non-conformances
Quality Management:
Develop and implement Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs) that meet the project specifications, contractual requirements, and comply with Statom's Quality Management System
Ensure that ITPs, Task Briefing Sheets, and Method Statements are suitably briefed to the project team, they are adhered to and quality assurance documentation is produced to the required standard
Monitor and report on subcontractor performance, ensuring their quality control and implementation complies with Statom's standards
Identify and manage non-conformances, raising Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs) and leading efforts to close them out with agreed mitigations. Promote learning with others to ensure issues are not repeated elsewhere.
Materials Management:
Understand and ensure compliance with the Material Approvals process, ensuring materials meet specifications and employer's requirements. Make the site and assistant engineers aware of the requirements.
Manage long-lead item procurement and ensure materials are ordered in a timely manner to meet the project schedule
Monitor material wastage and implement controls to minimise excess material usage
Perform material take-offs from drawings and site measures, ensuring accurate material records
Oversee the material testing regime, ensuring tests are conducted and recorded in line with project specifications
Consider sustainable material use and take measures where appropriate to minimise embodied carbon.
Construction Methods and Innovation:
Maintain expertise in a wide range of construction methods, effectively communicating methodologies to the site team. Develop and learn from the wider project team.
Propose value engineering solutions, suggesting alternative methods, materials, and practices to enhance project delivery
Implement knowledge and lessons learned from previous projects to improve current practices
Ensure that design information is accurately translated into practical instructions for the site team
Design Process and Information Management:
Ensure that there is a suitable Design Responsibility Matrix and Information release schedule in place for the project. Understand it, make sure it is in line with the contract and fit for purpose - otherwise raise with the Project Manager
Assist in the management of the design process (alongside the Project Engineer/Project Manager), ensuring that design information (drawings, specifications, employer's requirements) is available, accurate, and clear. Ensure they are stored in a controlled way (Preferably digital document management system), that latest information is for construction and is being used on site. Track receipt of design information against the IRS.
Raise Technical Queries (TQs) and Reques
About the Company
At Statom Group, we are a trusted provider of comprehensive Civil Engineering, Demolition, Remediation, Groundworks, and Structural solutions for the UK market. With years of experience and a reputation for excellence, we deliver tailored services to meet the unique requirements of every project. Our professional and skilled team excels in all aspects of: Demolition Enabling Works Remediation Groundworks Civil Engineering Reinforced Concrete (RC) Frame Construction We pride ourselves on being the ideal partner for complex an...
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