Roles And Responsibilites of the Site Engineer

A Site Engineer is very essential for a construction project. The responsibilities of a site engineer are wide as he must provide sufficient advice and supervision when there are any technical issues, or for proper management and for the preparation of day to day reports of the construction works.

A Site Engineer within the construction industry is part of the site management team and acts as day-to-day manager on a construction site, which can include liaising with third party stakeholders and managing the site facilities.
Site Engineers are also responsible for planning, technical queries, marking out and leveling construction sites before any work takes place as well as checking drawings, quantities and ensuring calculations are accurate.
As a Site Engineer you may also share responsibility for health and safety, security as well as organising and supervising people and materials on site.

Site Engineer:-

1. Responsibilities :-

• Organizing materials and ensuring sites are safe and clean.
• Preparing cost estimates and ensuring appropriate materials and tools are available.
• Providing technical advice and suggestions for improvement on particular projects.
• Diagnosing and troubleshooting equipment as required.
• Negotiating with suppliers and vendors to ensure the best contracts.
• Authorizing technical drawings and engineering plans.
• Drawing up work schedules and communicating any adjustments to crew members and clients.
• Gathering data, compiling reports, and delivering presentations to relevant stakeholders.
• Delegating tasks and scheduling meetings and training sessions where required.
• Completing quality assurance and providing feedback to the team.

2.  Skills:-

• Management skills – from the safety of the construction site, to the workforce, materials and strict project timescales, site engineers manage a variety of different elements in the execution of a project.
• Problem solving – unforeseen problems are likely to arise, so you need to be able to quickly and effectively overcome difficulties to avoid missing deadlines.
• Negotiation skills – in order to maximise profit, site engineers should be able to negotiate the best prices for materials.
• Understand relevant building and health and safety legislation.
• Team work, communication and organisation – with so many different people working on the same project, the project is certain to fail without effective team work and organisation.
• Writing and analytical skills – site engineers are required to often produce progress reports so need to have competent written skills.
• Physically fit – site inspections can be physically demanding (climbing ladders, for example), so engineers need to be mobile and have a reasonable level of fitness.