Senior Engineer
Company
Location
Hounslow, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
7/24/2025
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Description
RESPONSIBILITIES
You will be working as the Tranche 5 Senior Engineer responsible for the Starlight Point (SLP) section of the works.
As the Senior Engineer, you will manage these works' safe and compliant installation within the allocated budget and schedule. You will lead a team of engineers and work with supervisors to deliver the works, comply with design, secure appropriate work permits, ensure packages are managed, and follow RAMS and QA procedures. The role will involve liaising with the commercial and planning teams to optimise Programme and delivery, take opportunities, and manage risks.
The role also involves working closely with our Alliance Partners (Beumer, Fujitsu, AviBC) and all elements of the Heathrow Client team, Operations, 3rd parties, and other Tier 1 suppliers, embracing the 'one team' approach and aligning ourselves with their values and behaviours
The scope of work includes the SLP compound establishment; service diversions and enabling works; the new external Link Bridge RC foundations, DfMA steel bridge erection, external and internal fit out; coordinating Beumer and Fujitsu Baggage equipment installation.
Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
QUALIFICATIONS
Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.
Costain appreciate the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at application phase.
We do share individual feedback following an interview .
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that disclose they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.
It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.
For more details please go to the Disability Confident website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/disability-confident-campaign
You will be working as the Tranche 5 Senior Engineer responsible for the Starlight Point (SLP) section of the works.
As the Senior Engineer, you will manage these works' safe and compliant installation within the allocated budget and schedule. You will lead a team of engineers and work with supervisors to deliver the works, comply with design, secure appropriate work permits, ensure packages are managed, and follow RAMS and QA procedures. The role will involve liaising with the commercial and planning teams to optimise Programme and delivery, take opportunities, and manage risks.
The role also involves working closely with our Alliance Partners (Beumer, Fujitsu, AviBC) and all elements of the Heathrow Client team, Operations, 3rd parties, and other Tier 1 suppliers, embracing the 'one team' approach and aligning ourselves with their values and behaviours
The scope of work includes the SLP compound establishment; service diversions and enabling works; the new external Link Bridge RC foundations, DfMA steel bridge erection, external and internal fit out; coordinating Beumer and Fujitsu Baggage equipment installation.
- Setting clearly defined objectives for self and others to deliver plans. Taking appropriate ownership and accountability. Identifies and organises resources to accomplish tasks. Ensuring plans have targets, measures, and clear accountabilities.
- Be responsible for short-term programming and sequencing of works aligned to the main Programme.
- Coordinate day and night time work scopes for effective programme delivery.
- Champion heath, safety, sustainability and environment by putting personal safety and wellbeing at the heart of everything we do.
- Proactively manage your packages to Programme, identify risks and opportunities, monitor the budget, and liaise with the planner and relevant QS to manage your works.
- Ensuring permits, RAMS, QA documents are in place and completed as relevant to your works.
- Support and coach your engineers in delivering the works in your package.
- Achieving the required level of Quality, rive efficiency and continual productivity improvements, creating best practices for the team and adding value for our customers.
- Understand and Champion the Heathrow "One team" ethos.
Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
- Good delivery experience in civils ground works, and structural steel works
- Wider appreciation for Architectural fit out and M&E and Systems installation.
- Package management experience, including short term programming, budget monitoring and reporting
- Knowledge and experience of NEC contracts
- Able to support, coach and lead a team of engineers, supervisors and partners to achieve your teams tasks.
- Passionate about improving performance identifying opportunities to improve our quality and productivity through best practice, process improvements and continuous improvement practices.
- Able to work and learn quickly in a fast paced, fun and dynamic environment.
- Care about doing a great job and exceeding expectations with the quality of what you do.
- Experience working at Heathrow and /or a LIVE operational highly regulated environment
- A positive and proactive attitude.
- Proficient user of AutoCAD 3D, Civil3D, BIM360, Bentley MicroStation 3D Modelling and Point Cloud
QUALIFICATIONS
- Degree level/HNC/HND qualification in Civil Engineering and relevant professional experience
- SMSTS
- CSCS
- Driving licence
Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.
Costain appreciate the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at application phase.
We do share individual feedback following an interview .
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that disclose they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.
It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.
For more details please go to the Disability Confident website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/disability-confident-campaign
Advertise with us by contacting: [email protected]
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