Site Engineer – £20m Drainage Package | Major Infrastructure Project
Location: Suffolk (Sizewell C region)
Salary: Up to £45,000
Lodge Allowance: £21,530 per annum
Car Allowance: £5,000
Benefits: Up to 8% pension, Private Healthcare, 10% annual bonus, 25 days holiday + bank holidays
Sector: Drainage, Infrastructure, Highways
Employment Type: Permanent
Oversee a Flagship £20 Million Drainage Package on a Landmark UK Project.
This is a unique opportunity to join a respected civils contractor delivering a major £20 million drainage package on one of the UK’s most ambitious infrastructure programmes.
You won’t be on the tools — this role focuses on engineering oversight, quality assurance, and managing a specialist subcontractor responsible for delivering the drainage works. It’s perfect for a Site Engineer who enjoys taking ownership, ensuring compliance, and driving high standards across a complex civils package.
This project offers long‑term stability, progression, and exposure to a nationally significant programme with a multi‑year pipeline.
Your Role
As the Site Engineer for this drainage package, you will:
* Oversee the delivery of a specialist drainage subcontractor
* Ensure setting out is accurate and aligned with programme & design requirements
* Review, check, and approve the subcontractor’s setting out and as‑built information
* Manage daily quality control, ITPs, inspections, and compliance documentation
* Coordinate with the Project Manager, Design Team, and Senior Engineer
* Ensure drainage installations meet specification—including manholes, chambers, deep drainage, and outfalls
* Support progress tracking, recording, and reporting
* Uphold safety, quality, and engineering excellence across the package
This is a role with genuine responsibility, ideal for engineers looking to step toward Senior Engineer or Section Engineer positions.
What You Need
Essential:
* Experience as a Site Engineer within infrastructure or highways civils
* Strong drainage background (foul, surface water, deep drainage, manholes, chambers)
* Experience working alongside or overseeing subcontractors
* Good understanding of QA processes and ITP management
* Confident using GPS, TS, and digital reporting tools
* Full UK driving licence
* Right to work in the UK
Not essential:
* RC frame, building, or structures experience (this is civils-focused)
Not suitable for:
* Engineers without civils or drainage experience
What’s On Offer
* £45,000 salary
* £21,530 annual lodge allowance
* £5,000 car allowance
* Up to 8% pension
* Private healthcare
* 10% annual bonus
* 25 days holiday + bank holidays
* Multi‑year opportunity on a major national infrastructure project
* Progression toward Senior Engineer roles
* Work with a respected contractor delivering critical civils works
Apply Now
If you’re a confident Site Engineer with strong drainage and infrastructure experience, this is a career-defining role overseeing a major civils package on one of the UK’s highest‑profile projects.
How to Apply
Send your CV or contact Daniel Lewis – Director, SEDR Recruitment
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