Site Engineer

Location – Vacancies available across the whole of the UK 

Purpose of the role:

As a Site Engineer at Galliford Try, you will use your leadership, discipline, and attention to detail to create a safe and efficient site environment. Your adaptability, problem-solving, and teamwork will directly contribute to delivering projects safely, on time, and to the highest standards.

You will coordinate site engineering activities to support safe and efficient delivery of works, maintaining accurate quality and survey records, ensuring equipment is calibrated, supporting planning and programming, mentoring junior engineers, and taking responsibility for company property.

With vacancies across a range of business units including highways, water (environment) and building, there are opportunities to work on projects that genuinely make a difference to communities across the UK.

What you will be doing:

• Contribute to a safe and “Knowingly Safe” working environment, promoting best practices on site.
• Coordinate site engineering activities, including setting out, surveying, and providing clear information to operatives and subcontractors.
• Maintain accurate records, including diary entries, photographic evidence, as-built surveys, 2D/3D sketches, and quality documentation in line with Inspection & Test Plans (ITPs).
• Carry out material reconciliations and ensure all surveying equipment is calibrated and properly maintained.
• Support planning, monitoring, and programming of site works to help achieve project objectives efficiently.
• Mentor and support junior or graduate engineers, sharing knowledge and practical experience. Identify and implement process improvements, innovations, and techniques to enhance site operations and reduce waste.
• Take responsibility for company property under your control, ensuring it is securely stored and well cared for.

 

What we can offer in return:

With an impressive order book of over £4.1 billion we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we’re poised for further growth and success, so if you’re committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you. 

We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our ‘Be Well’ programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues. 

We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.

Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.

Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.

 

Our benefits:

• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
• A wide range of corporate discounts
• Cycle to Work schemes
• Comprehensive pension plan
• Competitive family leave policy
• Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
• Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it
• Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role

Additional Information:

Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, reduced hours or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.  

Don’t meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

As a Disability Confident employer, we have committed to offer an interview to any candidate with a long-term health condition or disability that meet the essential criteria for the advertised position. Please contact the Resourcing Partner listed within the job advert if you believe this applies to you. We will also take the opportunity to discuss any adjustments required for your interview.

Galliford Try is a UK construction company delivering lasting and positive changed for communities across the UK, working in new and innovatives ways across major building and infrastructure projects across healthcare, education, highways, renewable energy and more.  

We operate as Galliford Try in England and Wales and as Morrison Construction in Scotland.  Our excellent financial position combined with market leading positions in our chosen sectors means we are strongly positioned for our Sustainable Growth Strategy, to deliver sustainable profitable growth while improving the environment around us.

Growing Communities, Growing Careers, Growing Together.