Senior Engineer

Overview of the Senior Engineer Role

At John Sisk & Son, we’re more than a construction company; we’re a family-owned business with a global reach, committed to building excellence in every project. We deliver trust, certainty, and value to our clients while embracing innovation and shaping the future of construction.

The Senior Engineer manages the engineering function as the senior representative, coordinates with the line manager and provides Engineering Leadership for their respective project(s). This role involves setting the strategy for Engineering setting out and onsite control, alongside the Engineer/Assistant Engineer and subordinates/supply chain. The Senior Engineer is the primary point of reference for QA, record keeping, and production, ensuring the establishment and maintenance of the Sisk Quality procedures and requirements. This position also takes responsibility for Temporary Works Control/Co-ordination and, where required, actively manages lifting operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Competent and demonstrates advanced awareness in the best forms of dimensional control and is comfortable in rotating global grids into local grid format.
• Ensures that site and graduate engineers take responsibility for the management of survey equipment.
• Ensures that the engineering team completes as-built surveys for key elements.
• Understands key tolerances and can analyse details across several interfaces to highlight potential problems.
• Completes an individual daily diary.
• Competent in the principles of quality control for most packages. Can review and create Inspection & Test Plans.
• Can readily display advanced knowledge of key packages such as concrete, drainage, steelwork and brickwork.
• Has a good awareness of the project specifications, in particular tolerances for vertical and horizontal structural elements.
• Controls the components of the SISK Non-Conformance procedure. Is comfortable in creating and closing out Non-Conformances.
• Understands the cost of defects and remedial works. Works actively to close out NCR’s in a timely manner.
• Is competent in the issuing of “Permits to break ground”.
• Can review and create method statements and risk assessments.
• Identifies where information is missing and has an excellent working knowledge of the project RFI process.

Required Experience

• Fully competent in understanding the dangers of underground services and the risk control procedures required.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Is competent in the use of digital information systems i.e., A-Site, Viewpoint for Projects, etc.
• Significant experience in the design management process.
• A broad range of technical exposure, within the following trades - Piling, Geotechnical, Substructures (including Waterproofing).

Qualifications

• B. Eng Civil Engineering.
• Temporary Works Coordinator training.
• Lifting Operations basic awareness course.
• A61 CPCS Lifting Operations Appointed Persons course.
• Scaffold awareness/inspection.
• Planning & programming software.

Additional Information

John Sisk & Son offers a competitive salary, 26 days annual leave plus additional company days, pension and benefits, and unlimited learning and development opportunities.

Key skills/competency

• Construction Engineering
• Engineering Leadership
• Quality Control
• Temporary Works Management
• Site Management
• Dimensional Control
• Project Specifications
• Risk Assessment
• As-built Surveys
• Digital Information Systems