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General Responsibilities
- Support the Site Manager and deputise for short periods when the Site Manager is not available. The role is the first proper step towards a management role in construction. To move into this role the engineer must have experience of the following:-
- High standards for implementing safety, quality and environmental including method statement briefings, site specific inductions and associated paperwork.
- Work to own initiative with minimal supervision.
- Record any service damage
- Producing and monitoring detailed contract programmes in line with Planning Standards - 2 weekly, 4 weekly and good quality as built
- Good knowledge of construction outputs
- Writing and/or reviewing detailed complex method statements
- Managing parts of the cost plan
- Assist in the procurement sub-contractors and suppliers
- Deputising for the Site Manager
- Chairing meetings with the customer, designer, sub-contractor, Supplier and 3rdparties.
- Manage contractual letters/correspondence
- Write contractual letters/correspondence.
- HSEQ management plan
- Setting up and managing the office administration systems
- Ordering and managing the installation of the site IT systems
- Carry out the role of Temporary Works Co-ordinator and/or Crane Co-ordinator
- Programme to completion and in line with the project targets either a location or work type depending on project type.
- Production of realistically resourced reconstruction programmes which are fully logic linked showing critical path activities, quantities and outputs, key dates, procurement details, Statutory Authorities, method statement production and approvals.
- Allocate small sections of the programme to engineering staff for them to manually produce detailed programmes showing daily targets (i.e. Drain Runs, Blacktop etc.) and support them in preparation.
- Prepare fortnightly construction programmes drawn from the master section programme.
- Be aware of the financial targets for the section of works and have regular update meetings with the commercial team to review costs.
- Be aware of the individual activity costs and of those activities which are make or break financially.
- Involve sub-contractors in the planning process and incorporate their detailed plans into the section plan.
- Enrol the section team in the overall plan and encourage ownership and involvement by all team members.
- Co-ordinate operationally with the other section leaders.
- Monitor the section plan, update progress and feedback to the Agent/Project Manager and section team.
- Update the plan weekly with as built information, events (Si's, CVI's, errors) which affect progress.
- Review the future critical activities
- Review progress on long lead in activities (procurement, design, delivery, stats, manufacture etc.)
- Review paperwork, method statements, permits licences etc. are in place for planned work.
- Regular planning meetings with team to debrief previous work, review future work, discuss what if's.
- Review meetings with Project Manager/ Agent and QS to discuss events, which have caused delay and/or disruption.
