130 site engineer jobs found in London

We are actively building a network of experienced Freelance Site Engineers for upcoming and ongoing projects across London and the surrounding areas. We work closely with a number of well-established Tier 1 and Tier 2 civil engineering contractors delivering schemes across sectors including: * Groundworks * RC Frames * Piling * Highways * Rail * Utilities * Infrastructure & public realm As project demand continues to increase, we are keen to connect with reliable, competent engineers looking for their next contract or upcoming opportunities. What we’re looking for: * Proven experience as a Site Engineer within UK civils projects * Strong setting out experience across relevant disciplines (groundworks, structures, etc.) * Ability to manage QA, as-builts, and site documentation * Comfortable liaising with site teams, subcontractors, and management * Ideally degree qualified * Own kit preferred (varies by project) Typical contract...

I am currently working alongside a UK's market leading groundworks and RC frame sub - contractor. My client is looking to onboard an engineer to manage the engineering of an ongoing Large RC frame structure for a major project that is being delivered. Site engineer responsibilities: * Setting out and producing As built surveys * Reporting to project engineer * Health and safety compliance to the highest level * QA * Raising design issues * RFI's Site engineer requirements: * Valid CSCS Card * Civil engineering degree * Laptop and AutoCAD * SMSTS or SSSTS - not essential (Desirable). Please apply and one of my team will be in touch

Site Engineer A fantastic opportunity for a Site Engineer to join a major high-rise residential development in Greenwich. This Site Engineer role offers long-term work on a complex RC Frame package, giving exposure to a 20+ storey build and a strong project team. About the role of Site Engineer This Site Engineer role will see you working on a large-scale RC frame high-rise project currently underway (around 5 storeys completed). You will be supporting the delivery of the RC Frame package, working closely with the Site and Project Management team, with a strong focus on QA, reporting, and ensuring quality standards are maintained throughout. Responsibilities for Site Engineer * Managing QA processes and completing QA reports * Supporting the delivery of the RC Frame package * Working closely with site management and subcontractors * Ensuring works are completed in line with drawings and specifications Requirements for Site Engineer * Experience working on RC Frame...

Site Engineer A great opportunity for a Site Engineer to join a major project in West London, working directly with a leading main contractor. This Site Engineer role is focused on a complex slipform package, offering long-term work and involvement in a technically challenging build. About the role of Site Engineer This Site Engineer role will see you working on a large-scale project using slipform techniques, supporting key structural works on site. You'll be part of an experienced delivery team, ensuring works are carried out safely, to programme, and to a high standard, with the project set to run for over a year. Responsibilities for Site Engineer * Managing and overseeing slipform operations on site * Coordinating with subcontractors and site management team * Ensuring works are delivered in line with drawings and specifications * Maintaining QA records and site documentation Requirements for Site Engineer * Proven experience working on slipform projects (essential)...

PSR Solutions are currently recruiting for a Freelance Setting Out Engineer on behalf of a specialist civil engineering contractor for a project based in East London. Our client is a well-established contractor delivering infrastructure and civil engineering works across Essex. Role Overview The successful candidate will be responsible for setting out and checking levels for a concrete slab installation, ensuring excavation depths, formation levels and final concrete levels are accurate ahead of and during the pour. Key Responsibilities Setting out works using total station or similar equipment. Checking dig depth and formation levels for the slab area. Verifying slab extents and shuttering positions. Ensuring concrete levels are correct during the pour. Interpreting rebar layouts and bending schedules to support the site team. Working closely with steel fixers, shuttering carpenters and the wider site team to ensure works are delivered to specification. Requirements...

We're currently recruiting for an experienced Senior Site Engineer to start working on an RC Frame project based in Central London. Must have experience in running the front end of projects, good communication skills with a strong background in RC Frame is essential. Responsibilities include: * Overseeing all engineering aspects on the site * Overseeing building work * Undertaking surveys * Checking technical designs and drawings to ensure that they are followed correctly * Ensuring project packages meet agreed specifications, budgets and/or timescales * Liaising with clients, subcontractors and other professional staff, especially quantity surveyors and the overall project manager * Providing technical advice and solving problems on site * Preparing site reports and filling in other paperwork * Liaising with quantity surveyors about the ordering and the pricing of materials * Ensuring that health and safety and sustainability policies and...

Site Engineer - Essex - New Build School A main contractor is currently seeking to recruit a Site Engineer for a new build steel frame school project in Essex. The project is currently in its early stages, the main contractor started on site last month. As a site engineer, you will be responsible for QA and the day to day management of the subcontractor engineers. You will ensure quality control requirements are met and recorded in line with specifications. Main duties will include: Checking setting out works as required for the project Undertaking daily inductions Maintaining a site diary Undertaking pre pour check for concrete pours Undertaking certain environmental monitoring requirements (specific training will be provided) Undertaking weekly checks and completing a task list as outlined by the Project Manager Checking setting out instruments weekly/monthly Resolve setting out queries and raise necessary RFI's in relation to these. General responsibility for site safety...

My client is a leading contractor in the Steel frame and Groundworks sector. We are currently recruiting a Site Engineer to complete an 12 month contract. You will be required to manage the engineering, including the setting out of the ground works/steel frame package. Site Engineer Responsibilities: • Reporting and working with the Project Manager and foreman. • Site set up and compliance with health and safety • Completing all setting out associated to the ground works and steel Frame aspects. • Raising technical queries on design issues. Site Engineer Requirements: • CSCS card. • SMSTS or SSSTS – Desirable, not essential. • Previous experience setting out ground works and drainage. • Degree in Civil Engineering or Time Served. The Next Steps: To apply for the role as a Site Engineer, click on the apply now button below and submit your CV for further information

I am working alongside a leading civil engineering contractor who are currently looking to hire an experienced Site Engineer due to a number of new contracts being awarded. My client operates across the civils sector on renewable energy projects. Site Engineer responsibilities: * Setting out using total station & GPS. Works include earthworks, duct installations, troughs, and RC bases. * Working alongside the project management team. * Site supervision. * Ensuring health and safety compliance. * Ensuring works are being carried out in accordance to agreed methodology and method. * Ensuring the correct documentation is held on site. * Ensuring works are completed on time and to specification. Site Engineer requirements: * Experience with setting out earthworks, duct installations, troughs, and RC bases. * Right to work in the UK. * CSCS card - White minimum. * SSSTS/SMSTS ticket holder (preferable) * Full UK driving licence. * Strong...

Our client, a leading civil engineering contractor, is seeking an experienced Site Engineer to join a major clean water infrastructure project. The works involve cofferdam construction and backfill, clean water pipework installation, and associated heavy civils works across a long-term clean water programme. Site Engineer Responsibilities: * Support the delivery of day-to-day site operations, ensuring works are completed safely, on programme, and to specification * Setting out and surveying for cofferdam, backfill, and clean water pipework works * Ensure all works are delivered in line with health & safety, environmental, and quality requirements * Produce and maintain accurate site records, as-builts, and QA documentation * Coordinate subcontractors, suppliers, and site teams to ensure efficient delivery of works * Assist with RAMS, permits, ITPs, and temporary works documentation * Monitor progress against the programme and report on site activities to...

I am working alongside a leading civil engineering contractor who are currently looking to hire an experienced Site Engineer due to a number of new contracts being awarded. My client operates across the civils sector on renewable energy projects. Site Engineer responsibilities: * Setting out using total station & GPS. Works include earthworks, duct installations, troughs, and RC bases. * Working alongside the project management team. * Site supervision. * Ensuring health and safety compliance. * Ensuring works are being carried out in accordance to agreed methodology and method. * Ensuring the correct documentation is held on site. * Ensuring works are completed on time and to specification. Site Engineer requirements: * Experience with setting out earthworks, duct installations, troughs, and RC bases. * Right to work in the UK. * CSCS card - White minimum. * SSSTS/SMSTS ticket holder (preferable) * Full UK driving licence. * Strong...

Site Engineer (S278 Works) Location: Henfield Rate: £320 - £400 per day (CIS or LTD) Start: June 2026 Duration: 6 Months Project Overview We are seeking a competent Site Engineer to handle the setting out and engineering control for Section 278 works on a care home development in Henfield. This is a 6-month contract covering highway realignments, new access infrastructure, drainage, and kerbing. You will be the lead technical presence on the ground, ensuring all works are delivered precisely to design specifications and local authority adoption standards. Key Responsibilities Setting Out: Accurate setting out of all S278 infrastructure including road levels, kerb lines, footways, and drainage networks. Quality Control: Establish and manage ITPs, conduct pre-pour/pre-surfacing checks, and compile accurate As-Built surveys for final adoption handover. Technical Support: Interpret drawings, identify design clashes early, and manage RFIs between the site team and consulting...

We are currently seeking an experienced Site Engineer to join a leading civil engineering contractor on a large earthworks / infrastructure package in Bedford. Site Engineer Responsibilities: * 3D Modelling. * Managing QA documentation, including ITPs and as-built records * Setting out & surveying for roads and drainage. Site Engineer Requirements: * Previous experience working as a Site Engineer on bulk earthworks schemes. * Must have strong technical earthworks knowledge. * Ability to interpret technical drawings and specifications. * Valid CSCS card. Application: To apply for this Site Engineer role, please submit your up-to-date CV and a member of the team will be in touch

Senior Engineer required for a large distribution centre in Bedford. You will be working for the ground works contractor, works will include setting out for drainage, ground works & bolt sets. QA responsibilities will also be required. You must be proficient with Auto CAD. 12 months works. Instrument can be provided

My client requires a Freelance Site Engineer for a long term project in Didcot commencing July 20th. You must be an experienced Site/Setting Out Engineer with experience of working on steel frame projects. This scheme will comprise a shed and adjacent commercial units and is due to run for 44 weeks. My client will hire in your chosen kit for the project. Please send a Cv in the first instance for consideration

Carmichael are seeking a Section Engineer to join the team based on the Lower Thames project Health, Safety & Wellbeing: To understand and to always fully comply with our LTC ‘Beyond Zero Harm’ programme and the 4 BB Golden Rules. ‘Beyond Zero Harm requires your commitment to improving your wellbeing and that of your colleagues as well as the communities you are working in. Alongside others you will champion the Beyond Zero Harm initiative by promoting and encouraging wellbeing for all. You will contribute to the observation process by notifying a minimum of one observation per week relating to either a safety issue or a good practice. You will produce specific Works Package Plans. You will conduct and record weekly safety tours. Programme and Production: Produce three-week lookahead programmes aligned with the stage programme. Monitor progress, record and report any variances to the weekly programme. You will receive training in Lean Production techniques and be responsible...

Rubicon Consulting is currently recruiting for a Resident Engineer on a 6 month rolling contract, based in South of England About the role Our Client are specialist substation contractors with an established track record delivering complex, high-value transmission infrastructure across the UK. They are currently delivering a major substation upgrade project on behalf of a leading UK transmission network operator, and are seeking an experienced resident engineer to lead our on-site delivery. The project involves the extension of an existing 400kV outdoor switchgear installation alongside the construction of a new 132kV indoor switchgear facility incorporating the latest SF6-free technology. It is a technically demanding, high-profile project with significant programme and quality requirements. The resident engineer will be our primary on-site representative throughout construction and commissioning, acting as the interface between our project management team, the contractor, the...

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Site Engineer / Setting Out Engineer to join a well-established groundworks and civil engineering contractor on a project based in Maidstone, Kent. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated engineer seeking a long run of work with a busy contractor delivering high-quality groundworks, drainage and infrastructure packages across the South East. The successful candidate will play a key role in the delivery of site operations, ensuring works are set out accurately and completed in accordance with project specifications and programme requirements. Key Responsibilities • Setting out for groundworks, drainage, foundations and associated infrastructure works • Carrying out site surveys and level checks • Reading and interpreting engineering drawings and specifications • Producing accurate site records and as-built information • Liaising with site management, subcontractors and other stakeholders • Supporting quality assurance...

Site Manager - Externals & Yard Slabs Major Construction Project | Externals / Groundworks Package Our client, a leading main contractor delivering major, logistics‑heavy construction projects, is seeking an experienced Site Manager to take full ownership of the externals and yard slabs package on a high‑profile scheme. This is a hands‑on, delivery‑focused role suited to a decisive Site Manager who is comfortable taking control of large‑scale groundworks packages in a live construction environment. The Role As Site Manager, you will act as the single point of responsibility for the external works package, taking over day‑to‑day control from the engineering function and driving safe, high‑quality delivery to programme. You will lead all aspects of the groundworks and concrete yard slabs works, coordinating subcontractors, plant, logistics, and temporary works while maintaining the highest standards of safety, quality, and compliance. Key Responsibilities Full management...

Freelance Site / Setting Out Engineer Location: Didcot, Oxfordshire Duration: Long-term (Up to 2 Years) Rate: Competitive Day Rate (Payment via CIS or Limited Company available) Equipment: Option to provide own surveying kit (Robotic Total Station/GPS) and CAD software Client: Specialist Earthworks Subcontractor The Opportunity Are you an autonomous, technically sharp Site Engineer who prefers running your own package without being micromanaged? A leading specialist Earthworks subcontractor is seeking a standalone Setting Out / Site Engineer for a major motorway bypass project in Didcot. This is a rare 2-year freelance assignment offering excellent stability and the choice of CIS or Limited Company payment structures. As the sole engineer on this package, you will have total ownership of your section, working closely with the project management and machine operations teams. Key Responsibilities You will be the technical lead for your package, responsible for: Setting Out...