Site Engineer

Site Engineer (Highways & Drainage)

Location: Norwich, Norfolk

Contract Rate: £330 – £350 per day (CIS / LTD / Outside IR35)

Duration: 4 Months Minimum (High potential for extension)

Start Date: Immediate / ASAP

Project Overview

We are seeking an experienced Site Engineer specializing in highways and drainage works to join a major civil engineering scheme in Norwich.

This contract offers an immediate start with a minimum of 4 months of work and a strong likelihood of extension onto subsequent infrastructure phases. You will oversee operational delivery, setting out, and quality control across deep drainage installations, highway connections, attenuation tanks, and associated earthworks.

Key Responsibilities

• Setting Out & Surveying: Execute precise setting out and surveying for deep drainage runs, manholes, culverts, and highway alignment using modern GPS and Total Station equipment.

• Drainage & Civils QA: Manage Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs), verify pipe beddings, gradients, backfilling, and air/water testing for adoptable drainage packages.

• Permits & Service Avoidance: Issue and enforce Permits to Dig, conducting comprehensive service location checks using CAT & Genny equipment prior to breaking ground.

• Site Supervision: Coordinate daily with site agents, sub-contractor gangs, and plant operators to maintain production targets inline with short-term lookahead schedules.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Experience: Proven track record as a Site Engineer delivering UK highways, deep drainage, and infrastructure civil engineering packages.

• Technical Proficiency: Hands-on experience setting out deep drainage systems using GPS/EDM and operating service detection equipment.

• Qualifications: HNC, HND, or Degree in Civil Engineering (or equivalent practical experience).

• Mandatory Tickets: Valid CSCS Card (Gold/Black) and SSSTS or SMSTS.

• Desirable: First Aid at Work and NRSWA (Streetworks) certification.

If this is something that interests you please apply or reach out directly.

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Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

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