Managing parts of construction projects
- overseeing building work
- undertaking surveys
- setting out sites
- checking technical designs and drawings to ensure that they are followed correctly
- supervising contracted staff
- ensuring project packages meet agreed specifications, budgets and/or timescales
- liaising with clients, subcontractors and other professional staff, especially quantity surveyors and the overall project manager
- providing technical advice and solving problems on site
- preparing site reports and filling in other paperwork
- liaising with quantity surveyors about the ordering and the pricing of materials
- ensuring that health and safety and sustainability policies and legislation are adhered to.
Site engineers work out on a construction site in all weathers and tend to work on one project at a time. Depending on the location of the project, they might need to relocate or complete a lengthy commute.
