Site Engineer
About Your New Employer
We are working with a growing Irish civil engineering business delivering infrastructure, earthworks, roads, and drainage projects.
The successful candidate will join an experienced team and work closely with the Contracts Manager, Site Management Team, Clients’ Representatives, subcontractors, and other stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and to a high standard.
About Your New Role
As a Site Engineer, you will manage the setting out, coordination, monitoring, and quality control of civil engineering works across infrastructure, roads, drainage, and earthworks projects.
Key responsibilities include:
- Setting out works using GPS systems, total stations, dumpy levels, and other surveying equipment.
- Monitoring site activities, quality control, testing, and compliance with project specifications.
- Maintaining accurate site, quality, testing, progress, and project documentation.
- Supporting project programmes, progress reports, and site meetings.
- Supervising subcontractors and ensuring compliance with project requirements and site rules.
- Liaising with clients, consultants, utility providers, and other stakeholders.
- Coordinating site activities to meet agreed deadlines.
- Identifying and resolving technical issues during project delivery.
- Ensuring compliance with Irish Health and Safety legislation and company policies.
- Supporting high standards of safety, quality, and environmental compliance.
What Skills You Need
- NFQ Level 8 Degree in Civil Engineering or a related discipline.
- Minimum two years’ post-graduate experience as a Site Engineer or Setting Out Engineer.
- Experience in civil engineering, roads, drainage, earthworks, or infrastructure projects.
- Proven setting out experience.
- Proficiency with GPS systems, total stations, dumpy levels, AutoCAD, and Microsoft Office.
- Good knowledge of Irish Health and Safety legislation and construction site requirements.
- Strong technical, analytical, problem-solving, organisational, and time management skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong reporting and record-keeping abilities.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and work independently or as part of a team.
- Professional, customer-focused, flexible, and adaptable approach.
- Ability to communicate effectively and fluently in English, both written and spoken.
- Full clean driver’s licence is essential.
Certification in Traffic Management and Underground Services would be advantageous.
What’s on Offer
- Salary €55k - €70k.
- Twenty-one days’ annual leave.
- Contributory pension scheme.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Group scheme discount with a health provider.
- Free parking.
- Further education, training, and professional development support.
- Opportunity to work on a variety of civil engineering and infrastructure projects.
- Long-term career development within a growing Irish company.
- Monday to Friday working schedule.
- Working hours based on operational and project requirements.
If you’re an ambitious Site Engineer with strong setting out experience and a background in civil engineering, roads, drainage, earthworks, or infrastructure, this is an excellent opportunity to develop your career with a growing civil engineering business.
What’s Next
Please submit your CV to pmartyn@sigmar.ie with the subject line “Site Engineer Application – Mayo”.
