Section Engineer

Location: Plymouth (Lodge Allowance provided) Eligibility criteria: Many positions within the project are subject to national security clearance restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be…

Pay rate £340 – £400/day
Contract type Contract
Posted 1 October 2026

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Location: Plymouth (Lodge Allowance provided)
Eligibility criteria: Many positions within the project are subject to national security clearance restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held.
Key Responsibilities
• Manage in the preparation of ‘as-built drawings’.
• Establishing effective systems to record work completed updating the Project Quality Plan accordingly.
• To manage systems for enabling the progress of work to be reviewed against time, quality, dimensions and quantity.
• Assist in the recording and testing of workmanship and materials, i.e., drainage, concrete, piling, brickwork etc.
• Provides engineering support to ensure technical problems are overcome and technical queries are answered.
• Responsible for setting out works constructed within allowable tolerances.
• Regularly checking the setting out points and benchmarks and checking that all setting out instruments and measuring equipment are delivered to site with a calibration certificate and recorded accordingly.
• Ensures workforce understand setting out information has been identified as suitable for the type of work being carried out.
• Manage the preparation of sketches for distribution on site, ensuring clear communication channels are in place for effective understanding.
• Responsible for providing and maintaining setting out and dimensional control, to ensure accurate construction of the work.
• Record instructions and maintain drawing register.
• Understanding concrete reinforcement, detailing, and sequencing
• Formwork & Falsework
• TWC Certification - Temporary Works - FRC experience
• Experience in reviewing and producing TWD Briefs
• Experience in short term planning 6WKLAH
• Experience in developing / producing constructability reviews and documentation / planning for heavy FRC works.
The ideal candidate will have:
• Academic Qualifications - Civil Engineering related Qualification (HNC, BSc, MSc, BEng, MEng)
• SMSTS
• CSCS – White PQP/AQP or Black Managers
• May be working towards Chartership/Incorporation with IStructE, ICE or other appropriate professional body.
Equal Opportunities
Infocus Resources is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic.
We believe diversity strengthens our organisation and are committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming working environment for all

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