Site Engineer/Technician
Site engineers/technicians look after the technical, organising and supervising side of construction projects – from new housing to multi-million pound roads and railways.
The Role
- Supervise the labour force
- Plan work to be done
- Organise plant and site facilities to meet deadlines
- Prepare reports
- Make sure quality of health and safety on site is high
- Problem solving as issues arise
- Acting as the main technical adviser on a construction site for all subcontractors, crafts people and operatives
- Setting out, levelling and surveying the site
- Checking the sums are right on plans, drawings and quantities and that all materials and work are to the specifications.
- Overseeing the selection and requisition of materials and plant (heavy machinery), agreeing prices and sticking to the documents supplied by the client or architect
Salary
- Newly trained site engineers/technicians can earn in the region of £19,000 - £25,000
- Trained with experience site engineers/technicians can earn in the region of £25,000 - £35,000
Qualifications & Training
You need a good standard of GCSEs and A-levels (or equivalent) so you can study at degree level. You can start out without a degree or HNC/HND through a technical construction apprenticeship – or working in a position such as trainee technician while doing further study.
Employers such as construction companies and recruitment agencies in construction usually ask for a degree or HNC/HND in a construction-related or construction engineering discipline. The following subjects may increase your chances:
- Civil engineering
- Structural engineering
- Building surveying
- Building engineering
- Construction studies