Site Engineer (permanent position)

Position: Site Engineer

Office location: Crawley, West Sussex

Salary/Package: £ competitive + car allowance and comprehensive package

Target start date: October/November 2026

The role

We are looking for a skilled Site Engineer to manage setting out, QA and technical coordination on a variety of construction building projects in Sussex and Surrey.

Key responsibilities

Maintaining up-to-date construction drawings and registers

Carrying out site surveys and level surveys before sites start

Setting out all elements and controlling line and level across the projects

Checking building layout in relation to site boundaries

Setting out groundworks, earthworks, foundations, drainage, roads, kerbs and external works

Taking off and assisting with ordering all groundworks and RC frame materials.

Resolving setting out problems and raising and tracking RFIs.

QA on site and implementing site Inspection Test Plans.

Raising technical submittals and maintaining as-built records.

Use of CAD and Leica EDM (TS06 / TS07 / TS16).

About you

Essential:

A consistent employment history, ideally demonstrating good tenure with previous employers.

Previous experience of setting out on building projects.

Sound knowledge of construction methods, health and safety and legal regulations

Fully conversant with the use of robotic total station or EDM instruments

Degree qualified/HNC (or equivalent) in construction or civil engineering

Excellent communication skills

Experience in using AutoCAD and MS Office

Someone that is a team player.  This employer is looking for someone that is going to get involved and contribute to a project's success.

Desirable

Temporary-works coordination

CSCS card

Cable avoidance training

First aid training

NEBOSH or IOSH

Why apply for this role:

This is a position with a regional main contractor where new roles don't come up that often due excellent staff retention and taking on a limited number of projects at any one time to ensure a focused delivery of schemes in the education, commercial, leisure, social housing and groundworks sectors for their repeat clients.  You will receive

Consistent pipeline of work in the local area

A competitive salary

Excellent car allowance (one of the best I've come across)

25 days holiday

5% pension

Discretionary bonus upon completion of the qualifying period