We’re looking for an experienced and driven Senior Engineer to join our delivery team, supporting on high‑profile civil engineering projects.
As a Senior Engineer, you’ll play a key leadership role on site managing engineering teams, driving technical excellence, ensuring compliance, and helping deliver safe, high‑quality, commercially successful projects.
Department EngineeringEmployment Type Permanent – Full TimeLocation WiganWorkplace type Onsite
What You Will Be Doing
- Lead setting out, engineering control, and ensure dimensional accuracy across the project.
- Review design information for buildability, resolve issues, and coordinate approvals with designers and clients.
- Identify and agree additional works with the PM/QS while supporting commercial controls and risk management.
- Mentor and manage Site/Section Engineers, subcontractors, and operatives to ensure safe, high‑quality delivery.
- Ensure construction information is accurate, timely, and communicated to all relevant teams and subcontractors.
- Oversee material testing, compliance checks, and provide technical guidance on material selection and interactions.
- Prepare and monitor medium‑term programmes, drive productivity improvements, and manage material and subcontractor requisitions.
- Act as Temporary Works Coordinator, design low/medium‑risk temporary works, and manage TW equipment and sequencing.
- Prepare and approve RAMS, ensure safe systems of work, and maintain strong public and workforce safety standards.
- Implement project quality procedures, audit subcontractors, ensure “Right First Time” delivery, and close out NCRs effectively.
What You Will Bring
- HNC or higher in Civil or Structural Engineering.
- SMSTS and Temporary Works Coordinator qualification.
- Membership of ICE or other chartered body (desirable).
- 6+ years’ experience on major civil engineering projects.
- Experience mentoring engineers and apprentices.
- Strong technical knowledge across civil engineering disciplines.
- Competent in temporary works, quality assurance, and material testing.
- Skilled in surveying and setting out.
- Excellent written and verbal communication.
- Strong problem‑solver with practical, actionable thinking.
- Confident leading teams and coordinating multiple workstreams.
Benefits
- 26 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Private Healthcare
- Car Allowance
- Company Pension
- Volunteering Days – With Careys Foundation – or other organisations that are important to you
- Health Care Cashplan
- Cycle to work scheme
- Car Leasing Scheme
- Discounted Gym Membership
- Life Assurance
- Buy/sell holidays
- Other discounts and Cashback plans
About Carey Group
Our story starts in 1969 with three brothers and a van. John, Tom and Pat Carey moved to London from Ireland and started a groundworks contracting company in London called PJ Carey Plant Hire (Oval) Ltd. Their aspirations at the time were reflective of the values of the Carey Group today – to care about everything they did, to act with humility in all interactions, to be passionate about their work and be authentic at all times.
The Carey Group remains a family‑owned construction business, operating across the UK and Ireland. Their goal at the time was to grow to around 50 operatives and provide quality, safe work so that they and their employees could provide for their families and get safe home every day. Through hard work and sticking to their values and their word, this was certainly achieved….and some.
Throughout the years, we have remained committed to delivering on our promises, respecting our clients, offering innovative solutions and producing the highest‑quality work in safe environments. These are the core principles set by our Founders, the ones we have never wavered from and they help us to fulfil our ultimate vision to be the most trusted and socially responsible construction company, that people are proud to work with.
Our strong approach is underpinned by robust financial management, continuous investment in our people, specialist equipment and strategic assets and our long‑standing culture of teamwork – we want to create the very best environments for our people.
We care about our people and our partners and how we work with them, ensuring we do our best by them. Ultimately, we care about our impact on the world around us and the communities that we proudly help to shape.
Hiring Process
- Stage 1: Applied
- Stage 2: Review
- Stage 3: Interview
- Stage 4: Hired
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