Site or Senior Engineer

Site Engineer / Senior Site Engineer

Sector: Rail \& Civil Engineering

Location: Cumbernauld, Scotland

Overview: An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Site Engineer or Senior Site Engineer to join our dynamic team, focusing on a range of rail infrastructure and associated civil engineering works. This role is ideal for individuals eager to enhance their expertise within a collaborative and fast-paced project and maintenance environment.

In Return, We Offer:

• Competitive annual salary, negotiable based on experience
• Company car or car allowance
• 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays (increasing with service)
• Up to 3 volunteer days per year
• Company contributory pension scheme
• Life insurance coverage
• Medicash Health Cash Plan \& Rewards
• Support for personal and professional development with clear career progression pathways
• Consistent learning and development opportunities
• A safe and inclusive workplace
• Employee forums to ensure your voice is heard

Business Unit: You will be part of a busy team dealing with a variety of multi-disciplinary civil engineering projects. Our clients include Local Authorities, Network Rail, and Environmental agencies. Typical projects may encompass civil engineering works such as:

• Highways and roads
• Underbridges, overbridges, and footbridges
• Tunnels and flood alleviation projects
• Earthworks and embankments
• Rail platforms and station infrastructure

We are currently engaged in several live infrastructure projects and long-term frameworks, including Scottish Civils framework supporting renewals projects on the Network Rail infrastructure.

The Role: As a Site/Senior Site Engineer, you will be an integral member of the Operational team, tasked with the delivery of rail station infrastructure projects across Scotland. Your reporting line will be to the Project Manager/Site Agents, and your responsibilities will include:

• Ensuring safety, health, environmental, and quality standards for all site activities
• Reviewing and interpreting project drawings and specifications for site-based work
• Setting out and surveying works on site
• Maintaining high professional standards in site engineering
• Supervising site activities, including labour, plant, and subcontractors
• Keeping comprehensive and accurate records, including site diaries
• Managing materials take-off and ordering
• Planning daily and weekly site works and assisting in risk assessments and work package documentation
• Overseeing sub-contractors and site engineers

Requirements: To succeed in this role, you should possess the following qualifications and experience:

Qualifications:

• Degree / HNC / HND in Civil Engineering
• PTS (Personal Track Safety) certification (preferred but not essential)

Experience:

• Proven setting out experience with a strong understanding of surveying
• Ability to interpret contract drawings and specifications accurately
• Responsible for dimensional control on site
• Supervisory experience over labour, plant, materials, and sub-contractors
• Proficient record-keeping skills for progress and quality control
• Experience in planning weekly site works including documentation such as Inspection Test Plans and Work Package Plans

If you are a proactive, driven individual looking to contribute to exciting projects in rail and civil engineering, we encourage you to apply for this rewarding position.

AmcoGiffen has a wealth of experience working on sensitive, live assets in highly regulated environments, we deliver exceptional peace of mind for our customers, creating and maintaining assets across a growing range of high-quality public and private sectors. These include rail, power generation, electricity distribution, flood defence, and waterways.

AmcoGiffen is an Equal Opportunities Employer and we offer challenging and worthwhile careers to everyone. It doesn’t matter to us what your age, disability, employment status, gender, health, marital status, sexual preference, membership or non-membership of a trade union, nationality, race, religion or social class are, or Eurostaffs any other personal characteristics not directly related to the relevant job. Anyone who meets the requirements of the job is eligible for employment with AmcoGiffen.