Section Engineer

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

1/2/2025

Description And Requirements

Skanska, one of the world’s leading project development and construction groups, is delivering a £679 million improvement project on the A428 in Cambridgeshire to bring a new 10-mile dual carriageway between the Black Cat and Caxton Gibbet roundabouts. Working closely with design partner Mott MacDonald, this project builds on Skanska’s long-standing and trusted relationship with National Highways.

What you’ll do:

• Manage, supervise, train and mentor the site team to enable them to perform their duties effectively.
• Communicate effectively with other engineers, supervisors, enabling functions, designers, and client representatives.
• Generate temporary works design briefs to a standard accepted by the Temporary Works Coordinator.
• Produce a 3-month lookahead for your section of works.
• Record progress and compare it to planned production for your section. Communicate this progress with relevant stakeholders.
• Produce plans for your works section considering sequences, constraints and interfaces and communicate them with relevant stakeholders.
• Assist the Sub Agent/Agent and commercial team in reviewing applications for payment from subcontractors.
• Create and communicate inspection requests for any client or 3rd party quality inspections.
• Be familiar with and demonstrate commitment to the requirements of the Health & Safety policies and procedures.
• Set and maintain clear expectations for environmental management with your team and suppliers working on your section.
  
  

What we’re Looking For:

• Degree level qualification in a Civil Engineering allied subject or HND in Civil Engineering and vocational training in Engineering.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills to diverse audiences.
• Knowledge and understanding of engineering principles and common construction methodologies.
• Knowledge and understanding of construction contracts (through experience and formal training).
• Working towards or in possession of Professional Industry Qualification (IEng, CEng etc.).
• Digital competence (MS Office, document control systems, site digital tools).
• Formal training in Health & Safety and Environmental management (SMSTS, SEATS).
• Relevant CSCS Card
• Full UK driving licence is required for our highways projects.
• This opportunity requires legal right to work in the UK.
  
  

Equal opportunities

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

Flexible working

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable adjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using recruitment@skanska.co.uk if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

More Information About The Role

Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us: recruitment@skanska.co.uk

Closing date

The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.