Overview
Senior Engineer – Reading
Job Description
Costain have been contracted for the design and build of a facility near Reading. The scope of works for this project will include Programme Management, Construction, Building Services (M&E), Instrumentation and Control Systems and various external works.
We will provide candidates with Security Clearance for this position so you must hold a British passport and have worked in the UK for the last five years.
This role is site based full time.
The role will be a key part of the Project Management Area Teams as we look to obtain bulk construction completion and handover the area to the operator. This role will cover all non-Mechanical and Electrical supply aspects of the scope at hand across each, including RC, doors and Process Plant and Equipment.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Co-ordination of sub-contractor activities, including chairing regular co-ordination meetings with staff and subcontractors.
- Ensuring project documentation is completed for hand-over and Take Over
- Studying drawings and technical documents and raising technical queries to the Solution Managers for clarification of any conflicting information
- In liaison with the Agent maintain the Site Risk Register
- Ensuring education and training on recognition of hazards and control measures required.
- Overall compliance with Health & Safety Legislation, Company Policy and best practice throughout the construction / commissioning process
- Ensuring all site supervisors including subcontractors have adequate training and resources to carry out their roles
- Managing site rules and emergency procedures
- Obtaining and issuing all permits, as required
- Ensuring accurate signing of all site hazards during construction
- Detailed programming of site activities in conjunction with sub-contractors and the rest of the team
- Co-ordination of H&S meetings, site progress meetings
- Ensuring maintenance of all installed plant prior to handover
- Ensuring call-out procedures are established and followed
- Ensuring Non-Conformance Reports are issued when required
- Review of all available documentation and drawings to gain an in depth understanding of the works involved
- Ensuring all required Work Packs are in place prior to works commencing on site
- Supporting the Construction Manager in ensuring adherence to the Programme
- Supporting the Construction Manager and owning and developing own short term Cell Programmes
- Interaction with various stakeholders, client, designer, engineering, commercial etc. to ensure the timely close out of constraints and blockers
- Attendance at Construction Sequencing sessions and supporting the co-ordination of activities on site
- Direct engagement with supply chain site teams to ensure works can progress
- Monitoring and reporting against progress
- Ensuring compliance with all Work Pack Documentation for a right first time outcome
- Weekly reporting against progress and review of forecast works to be completed across the following 4 weeks.
- Each area will have 2 No. Cell Lead Work Pack Engineers, flexibility to be offered as part of co-ordination between those individuals ensuring at least 1 person is always on site.
- Understands the scope of the works and can identify change
- Promoting the pursuit of excellence and continuous improvement, driving innovation, adopting best practice, standard processes and procedures
- In addition to the above discipline role, the Senior Engineer must carry out their duties in accordance with the Project Mensa values around Rallying to the Plan, Protect the Forecast and Work Smarter.
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Qualifications
- CSCS card is Essential
- SMSTS or equivalent is preferred
- Security Clearance or above already held is preferred
- Prior experience in Defence/High Assurance Level projects is preferred
- Lifting AP -beneficial
- TWC – beneficial
About Us
Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.
