buildspace - jobs
engineer.
Engineer.
Ref: V-72424
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location.
Hatfield
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salary.
Competitive
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type.
Permanent
job description.
We’re recruiting an Engineer to play a key role on a £35 million state-of-the-art storage and logistics facility in Hatfield. This is not a standard shed build — the project includes cold room storage, clean rooms, and specialist laboratory environments, offering real technical challenge and variety.You’ll be joining a well-established main contractor with a strong reputation for delivering complex industrial projects and investing in their people.
The Project This flagship development forms part of a wider strategic expansion programme and demands high-quality engineering, precision setting out, and robust QA control from start to finish.
Your Role As the Site Engineer, you will be at the heart of the project delivery, responsible for ensuring works are built right first time:
- Full responsibility for on-site engineering and setting out
- Managing and coordinating technical drawings, specs, and design information
- Driving quality through ITPs, QA checks, and accurate site records
- Overseeing temporary works, permits, and compliance
- Working closely with site management, subcontractors, and consultants
- Identifying and resolving technical challenges quickly and effectively
- Championing health, safety, and environmental best practice
- Proven experience as a Site Engineer or Project Engineer in construction
- Strong background in groundworks, concrete, drainage, steel frames, and externals
- Confident working from detailed drawings and specifications
- Experience on industrial, logistics, or technically complex builds is highly desirable
- A proactive, quality-driven mindset
- Degree / HNC / HND in Civil Engineering or related discipline
- Valid CSCS card
- £50,000 – £65,000 salary depending on experience
- Strong benefits package
- Opportunity to work on a high-value, technically challenging project
- Clear progression with a contractor that promotes from within
- Long-term workload secured through future industrial schemes
