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Tunnel Shift Engineer

5 months ago


London, United Kingdom Skanska Full time
Description and requirements

Skanska, one of the world's leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.

Known for working on major projects such as HS2 - the UK's new high-speed railway, we are building, upgrading, and maintaining the country's infrastructure for future generations.

Drawing on our Scandinavian heritage, we are green, innovative, and progressive. We bring together people and technology, as part of our objective to make construction a safer and more collaborative industry.

We are looking for Tunnel Shift engineers to join us in HS2 London

Reporting to the Senior engineer or the Sub agent, we are looking for shift engineers to come and work for us on our London Tunnels (HS2) project. This an SCS (Skanska, Costain,Strabag) joint venture.

Flexible working: We welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need. This might be part-time, remote working, or compressed hours for example. Anyone who applies for a role can ask about flexibility at interview. In return, we will explore what is possible for the role.

Main 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

· 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

· 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

The Ideal Candidate

· 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

· 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

We thrive through embracing differences because we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

Equal opportunities

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic - we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

Flexible working

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable adjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using recruitment@skanska.co.uk if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

More information about the role

Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us: recruitment@skanska.co.uk

Closing date

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