Responsibilities
- Maintain a consistent on-site presence throughout construction activities.
- Monitor and ensure compliance with Health & Safety and Environmental requirements.
- Actively promote and foster a positive safety culture within the project team and across site.
- Attend and contribute to safety leadership meetings as required.
- Fulfil the role of Site Project Manager (SPM) in accordance with the Contracting Entity’s Airport Direction D-O Construction Projects, completing all required competency training.
- Undertake additional roles as defined within the Contracting Entity’s Airport Directions and Safety Management System.
- Review construction quality plans and inspection and test plans (ITPs).
- Conduct construction quality assurance (surveillance and monitoring) on design-and-build projects to ensure compliance with specified requirements.
- Perform construction quality control on traditional contracts, including 100% verification through planned Hold and Witness points.
- Regularly inspect works to ensure compliance with contract drawings, specifications, quality plans, and industry best practice.
- Review and provide comments on contractor RAMS for submission to the P2W permit system.
- Monitor and provide feedback on the contract programme.
- Maintain a comprehensive site diary.
- Prepare detailed daily reports including (but not limited to): Site and weather conditions Labour, plant, and material resources Material deliveries Work locations and activities Safety performance and issues Quality performance and observations
- Liaise with stakeholders before, during, and after project completion.
- Work collaboratively with all relevant daa departments, including landside operations, airside operations, TSOs, and others.
- Attend site progress meetings and complete all assigned follow-up actions.
- Participate in design meetings where input is required and complete related actions.
- Sign off on projects and documentation as required.
- Embrace new systems and processes of work and attend training necessary to maintain required competencies.
- Where required, fulfil the responsibilities of the NEC Supervisor, acting independently from the Project Manager in accordance with contract requirements.
Requirements
- Proven experience delivering major civil and/or building works projects within the aviation sector.
- Strong technical knowledge of infrastructure engineering and project delivery, with particular expertise in construction methodologies and execution strategies.
- Demonstrated experience developing, documenting, and implementing best-practice construction frameworks, policies, standards, and procedures.
- Practical experience operating in a site-based role within an aviation environment.
- Working knowledge of the NEC and FIDIC suites of contracts, including their practical application in construction project delivery.
Nice to Have
- Experience working on airport construction projects at international airports, or within similarly highly regulated environments, is highly desirable.
- Experience engaging with and influencing stakeholders at all organisational levels to drive process improvements and strengthen project delivery governance.
Benefits
- Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity
- You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options.
- Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
- You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
- AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families.
Work Arrangement
Hybrid
Team
Structure: The Project Engineer will be assigned to the Delivery team within the Infrastructure Department’s Portfolio, working across multiple engineering disciplines, including civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical.
Additional Information
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- For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn Colum Calnan
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