Section Engineer

Our environmental services contractor is seeking a Section engineer to join their Stratford based team on a permanent basis with site visits on London based projects.

The Section Engineer will join a growing delivery team, supporting sewage and drainage infrastructure works across the UK. This role is to replace a key vacancy and will play a critical part in delivering projects from pre-construction through to final handover.

Role Responsibilities

Pre-Construction

• Preparation and review of documentation
• RAMS (Risk Assessments & Method Statements)
• Permits to Work
• ITPs (Inspection & Test Plans)
• Temporary Works documentation
• Supporting programme development and buildability reviews
• Liaising with client representatives, water companies, and principal contractors

Construction Phase

• Setting out for drainage and sewer works
• Managing Site Engineers and site teams
• Supervising groundwork, temporary works, and permanent works
• Construction of new manholes and sewer lines
• Ensuring compliance with specifications, quality standards, and H&S requirements
• Coordination with Temporary Works Coordinators and design teams

Handover

• Preparation of as-built drawings
• Compiling QA documentation and handover packs
• Supporting client sign-off and completion procedures

Skills / experience / qualifications

• Proven experience as a Section Engineer (or Site Engineer ready to step up) within sewage, drainage, or utilities infrastructure
• Strong background in groundwork, temporary works, and permanent works
• Experience constructing new manholes and sewer systems
• Competent in setting out
• Experience managing site engineers and site teams
• Strong documentation and QA experience (RAMS, ITPs, permits, as-builts)
• Confident working with water companies and principal contractors
• CSCS card
• Strong leadership and communication skills
• Proactive and solution-focused mindset
• Ability to manage works from design stage through to completion
• Strong understanding of UK health & safety regulations
• Organised, detail-oriented, and quality-driven

Desirable

• Experience working on major infrastructure projects (e.g. High Speed 2)
• Confined Space qualification
• Temporary Works Supervisor (TWS) or related qualification
• Appointed Person (AP) qualification (beneficial but not essential)

Benefits

• Competitive salary circa £42k per annum
• Office based in Stratford with sites across London
• Company vehicle or allowance
• Pension scheme
• Career progression within a growing civil engineering contractor
• Opportunity to work on high-profile UK infrastructure projects

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