Section Engineer - Piling

What will the role look like?

Role & responsibilities:

• Responsible for the effective planning, supervision, and execution of piling works to ensure they are completed safely, on time, and in accordance with approved drawings, specifications, and project requirements. The role involves setting out pile positions, levels, and reference points, and verifying alignment and tolerances before and during installation.
• Responsible for quality control across all piling works, including inspection of reinforcement cages, verification of concrete properties, supervision of pile integrity tests (PIT), load tests, and maintaining accurate records such as pile logs, daily reports, material usage, and test results. Technical and site-related issues are identified and resolved promptly in coordination with the design and project teams.
• Monitoring progress against the approved programme, assisting with short-term planning, optimizing the use of labour, plant, and materials, and reporting progress and constraints to the Project Engineer or Construction Manager. The Section Engineer provides technical guidance to site personnel, ensures adherence to approved procedures, and promotes high standards of workmanship and productivity throughout the piling works.
• Management / supervision / mentorship of more junior engineering staff.

Experience / Qualifications:

• Degree qualified in Civil Engineering discipline, other construction related degree or an industry recognised technical or engineering qualification
• Circa 4-5 years' relevant technical / practical experience within an engineering role
• Piling experience

About us:

Laing O'Rourke are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.

We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com

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