Senior Field Engineer (Sustainability / Major Projects)
Circa £70,000 + 5% Welcome Bonus* + £4,750 Flex Allowance + up to 20% Bonus + Benefits
Great journeys happen at London Gatwick. Where will your career take you?
The buzz, the energy, the sheer magic of travel… You can feel it in the air all around you. Here, you’ll be part of an energetic team and a vibrant community. We can help you thrive in a career that’s a world away from the everyday.
What is the role?
London Gatwick offers an exciting opportunity for a Senior Field Engineer to join our dynamic team at the world’s most efficient single‑runway airport. You will support the delivery of a substantial investment plan to develop and enhance our airport infrastructure and facilities. Working within the Capital Projects Construction team, you will be part of a team delivering significant infrastructure enhancements aimed at improving passenger experience and operational efficiency. The programme portfolio currently includes multi‑million‑pound reconfigurations and extensions to both International Departure Lounges, as well as a suite of ambitious projects helping Gatwick to achieve its sustainability goals by 2030.
Your experience in a similar role on multi‑million‑pound projects, with a focus on health, safety, quality, and handover, will ensure you can successfully support projects across all phases, from planning and execution to completion and handover.
What will you do?
- Lead any assigned Construction Management resource, support their development; maintain standards, manage, motivate, coach and mentor as required.
- Coordinate and deliver regular site safety engagement on responsible projects to ensure an emphasis on and compliance with Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) standards and promote a positive HSE culture.
- Review contractor Construction, Design & Management (CDM) and HSE submittals (including construction phase plans, risk assessments, method statements and work permits) and monitor compliance against accepted plans.
- Assist the Project Manager and Design Management team in providing responses to Requests for Information (RFI), Non‑Conformance Reports (NCR) and Field Change Documents, ensuring quality issues and defects are processed and closed out promptly.
- Solve construction challenges by working with contractors to develop efficient solutions.
- Support the continuous improvement of project delivery processes and procedures and implement process improvements as these are developed.
- Inspect site work in progress to ensure compliance with drawings, specifications, GAL standards and statutory regulations during the construction and handover phase.
- Coordinate with multidisciplinary colleagues within Civil, Architectural, MEP & Structural Engineering fields to ensure all works are installed to plan.
- Facilitate contractor works by liaising with various stakeholders as required for access, works planning, equipment shutdowns and the processing of relevant permits following GAL processes.
- Provide constructability advice & align project delivery with business requirements.
Do you have what we’re looking for?
- Educated to Degree level or equivalent in construction management or a relevant engineering field.
- Demonstrable experience (typically 5+ years) across multiple disciplines, including airfield infrastructure, civil engineering, underground utilities works and commercial fit‑out works highly desirable.
- Previous experience as a Senior Field Engineer, Senior Construction Manager or Senior Engineer on larger complex infrastructure projects with multiple competing stakeholders.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience (typically 1‑3 years) of leading small teams.
- Understanding of controlling and managing the project close‑out and handover process (bringing into use), including Building Control requirements.
- Previous experience in addressing HSE issues associated with construction.
- Understanding and knowledge of quality management.
- Experience tracking project progress vs programme and flagging issues early for resolution/escalation.
- Ability to perform schedule monitoring, including identifying critical activities, milestones and quantity tracking of internal and external activities.
- Sound commercial and financial awareness, with knowledge of NEC3/4 contracts. Experience preparing Project Manager Instructions and responding to Contractor Claims highly desirable.
- A sound understanding of Airport Operational Readiness (or similar) is desirable.
What’s in it for you?
We value our people and reward every employee fairly with a highly competitive package. Additional benefits include:
- Welcome bonus*
- Performance‑based bonus scheme
- High street shops and restaurant discounts
- Healthcare scheme
- Life and disability insurance
- Professional training to develop
- Discounted travel
- Volunteer days
There are also plenty of opportunities for career progression, as well as training to support your personal and professional development.
What’s it like to work at London Gatwick?
At London Gatwick, our people are our biggest asset. We want them to thrive and have the best experience while working with us. We know we are all at our best when we feel comfortable and included.
We are an organisation that places diversity, equity and inclusion at its heart. We aim to create a place where everyone belongs and has a voice, and we recognise that we all play an important role in our success.
London Gatwick supports an inclusive recruitment process, enabling you to perform at your best. Please make us aware, as part of your application, should you require any reasonable adjustments.
Please note: The Welcome Bonus is intended to support the attraction of new Construction talent to London Gatwick. As such, it is available to new external hires only and does not apply to individuals returning to employment with the business or internal transfers.
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