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Job Description
Senior Site Engineer required to lead technical aspects of road construction and civil engineering projects in Ireland.
Oradeo Recruitment is seeking an experienced Senior Site Engineer to join a leading road construction and civil engineering company. This role offers an excellent remuneration package and clear career progression opportunities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Act as main technical adviser on construction site for subcontractors, craftspeople, and operatives
- Set out, level, and survey site, reconciling tender submissions
- Check plans, drawings, and quantities for accuracy of calculation
- Ensure all materials used and work performed are in accordance with specifications
- Oversee selection and requisition of materials
- Agree prices for materials and make cost-effective solutions and proposals for projects
- Manage, monitor, and interpret contract design documents supplied by clients or architects
- Liaise with consultants, subcontractors, supervisors, planners, quantity surveyors, and workforce involved in projects
- Liaise with local authorities to ensure compliance with local construction regulations and by-laws
- Communicate with clients and their representatives (architects, engineers, and surveyors)
- Attend regular meetings to keep clients/representatives informed of progress
- Carry out day-to-day management of site, supervising and monitoring site labour force and work of subcontractors
- Plan work and organise required plant and site facilities to meet agreed deadlines
- Oversee quality control and health and safety matters on site
- Prepare reports as required
- Keep central management updated daily on general progress of project completion
- Resolve unexpected technical difficulties and other problems that may arise
- Oversee site operations and assist with site paperwork
- Manage and oversee all engineering functions and assist in all contracts as required
- Work in conjunction with Safety Cert Health and Safety System
- Site setting out, taking measures, and creating As-builts drawings
- Help negotiate final accounts with measurement records
- Assist with Tendering Pre-Quals
- Oversee and carry out risk analysis
- Order materials from suppliers
- Manage site staff and get involved with general overall productivity
- Liaise and run surfacing crews on site
- Directly manage a number of projects, with site agents and client engineers reporting to Directors
- Involving commercial ability, including traffic management, interim and final accounts, and contract claims where appropriate
- Manage contracts from initial enquiry through programme, preparation for paving, civils, lining, billing, and account agreement
- Manage Project Costs on site and liaise and attend meetings as required with the company accountant
Necessary Skills and Requirements:
- 3rd level qualification in Construction Management/Engineering
- Ideally possessing 3+ years' experience working with a main contractor/specialist subcontractor acting as a Site Engineer within Ireland or the UK
- Strong setting out experience
- Strong operational skills and an attention to detail
- Familiar with MS Office applications such as Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook
- Strong and effective communication and interpersonal skills
- Analytical thinker with demonstrated problem-solving skills
- Ideally you will possess experience working in the following sectors: commercial, pharmaceutical, residential, high rise, industrial, data centre, mixed use in excess of €5 million
- Enthusiastic and Hardworking