Tunnel Shift engineer position at Skanska.

General information
City/town: London
Job field: Construction
External closing date: Thursday, June 30, 2022
Type of contract: Permanent
ID: 768

Description and requirements
Main Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

    Implementation/production of site produced Risk Assessments, WASPS and Method Statements – in particular high risk activities to ensure adequacy of risk mitigation
    Carry out briefings (Method Statement, Start of Shift, Safety Alert etc) as and when required
    Participate in weekly SHE inspections
    Champion SCS and HS2 SHE initiatives
    Ensure safety, environmental and quality non compliances/best practises are reported to Senior Engineer/Sub Agent.
    Reporting on ground condition monitoring and any changes, significant or otherwise
    Completion of check sheets/records in line with project QA requirements
    Completion of detailed shift report recording activities carried out/problems encountered/solutions and innovation during the shift
    Monitoring site material and consumable stocks and reporting deficiencies as required
    Maintain a proactive approach to problem solving in conjunction with the site team as required and reporting on solutions found

Health, Safety & Environment

    Ensuring health and safety is given the highest priority in the delivery of the works
    Be familiar with, and demonstrate commitment to the requirements of the Health & Safety and Environmental Policies
    Ensure that the Health Safety and Environmental Policies and Procedures are effectively communicated to the workforce and implemented
    Work collaboratively with the HS2 team and other contractors, subcontractors works packages to achieve the overall project goals

The Ideal Candidate

    Understands the scope of the works and can identify change
    Promoting the pursuit of excellence and continuous improvement, driving innovation, adopting best practice, standard processes and procedures
    Ad hoc duties as required by the job

Required Qualifications & Skills

    Engineering Degree/HND/HNC or similar in a construction discipline
    Practical site experience of working on multi discipline construction projects that have allowed exposure to various shaft sinking and tunnelling techniques
    Very good setting out skills using differing methods e.g. bearing and distance, co-ordinates, offsetting, laser and traditional levelling
    Very good record keeping skills
    The ability to work quickly and accurately in pressure situations
    The ability to communicate and share information with peers and the operatives/gangers/foremen

Desirable Qualifications & Skills

    Engineering Degree/HND or similar in Tunnelling/Mining
    Crane Supervisor
    IOSH or SMSTS achieved
    Temporary Works knowledge/appreciation
    1 or more years experience working for a tunnelling contractor on contracts that have included shaft sinking (Underpinning, wet/dry caisson, sprayed concrete) and TBM driven tunnelling utilising a pre cast concrete lining system
    Knowledge and application of Survey Control and TBM Guidance techniques/systems
    Knowledge and application of common setting out practises within the shaft sinking and tunnelling disciplines
    Understanding and application of ring selection while tunnelling
    Temporary works installation
    Understanding of the basic principles of cost control
    Understanding of SHE/quality risk assessment and risk mitigation

Closing date

The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.

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