Quick Overview
Job Description
We're looking for a Project Engineer / Site Agent with strong technical engineering capability to support a mix of civils and infrastructure works. This role suits someone who is confident interpreting drawings, solving engineering problems on site, and working closely with designers, temporary works, and delivery teams to keep programmes moving safely and efficiently.
You'll take ownership of day-to-day site delivery, ensuring quality, compliance, and technical assurance across structures, earthworks, drainage, utilities, and general civils packages. You'll be the point of contact for technical queries, helping drive buildability, sequencing, and practical solutions that keep the job on track.
Key responsibilities
- Lead site delivery across allocated work packages, ensuring safe and efficient execution
- Provide technical guidance to engineers, subcontractors, and supervisors
- Review drawings, specifications, ITPs, and temporary works requirements
- Manage permits, RAMS, quality records, and site documentation
- Coordinate with designers, planners, and commercial teams to support programme and cost control
- Drive buildability, problem-solving, and technical assurance on site
- Support progress reporting, forecasting, and stakeholder communication
Ideal background
- Civil engineering degree or equivalent
- Experience as a Project Engineer, Site Agent, or Senior Engineer within civils or infrastructure
- Strong understanding of temporary works, QA, and engineering control
- Comfortable leading site teams and managing subcontractors
- Able to challenge design, propose solutions, and maintain high technical standards
If you want a role where your engineering knowledge genuinely shapes delivery, this offers autonomy, responsibility, and progression within a well-established contractor.
Aldwych Consulting values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.
Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.
For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.
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