Senior Engineer | Data Centre Project | Netherlands

Senior Engineer | Data Centre Project | Groningen, Netherlands

• Opportunity for an experienced Senior Engineer to join a major Data Centre construction project in Groningen, the Netherlands.
• The role involves providing engineering leadership on site, overseeing setting out, dimensional control, quality assurance, production and temporary works coordination.
• A senior technical position requiring strong civil engineering knowledge, experience in quality control and the ability to coordinate engineering teams and subcontractors.

Oradeo Recruitment is seeking an experienced Senior Engineer to join a leading Data Centre construction project in the Netherlands. The successful candidate will act as the senior engineering representative on site, providing engineering leadership and coordinating the engineering function in collaboration with the project team. The role will take responsibility for setting out, survey control, quality procedures, technical documentation and temporary works coordination, ensuring engineering activities are delivered in accordance with project specifications and quality requirements.

Senior Engineer Responsibilities:

• Provide engineering leadership and manage the engineering function as the senior representative on the project.
• Coordinate engineering activities with the line manager, site engineers, assistant engineers and subcontractors.
• Establish and manage the engineering strategy for setting out and on-site engineering control.
• Demonstrate advanced knowledge of dimensional control, including the ability to rotate global grids into local grid formats.
• Ensure site and graduate engineers take responsibility for the management and maintenance of survey equipment.
• Ensure the engineering team completes as-built surveys for key project elements.
• Understand key construction tolerances and analyse interfaces between different structural and building elements to identify potential issues.
• Maintain an individual daily engineering diary.
• Manage quality control across project packages, reviewing and preparing Inspection & Test Plans (ITPs).
• Demonstrate strong technical knowledge of key construction packages, including concrete, drainage, steelwork and brickwork.
• Maintain a thorough understanding of project specifications, particularly tolerances for vertical and horizontal structural elements.
• Manage the relevant stages of the Sisk Non-Conformance procedure, including the creation, management and close-out of Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs).
• Identify the cost implications of defects and remedial works and drive the timely resolution of outstanding non-conformances.
• Manage the issuing of Permits to Break Ground.
• Review and prepare method statements and risk assessments.
• Identify missing technical information and manage the Request for Information (RFI) process to ensure outstanding queries are resolved.
• Take responsibility for Temporary Works Control and Coordination.
• Support and, where required, actively manage lifting operations.

Necessary Skills & Requirements:

• BEng in Civil Engineering.
• Strong experience in site engineering and engineering delivery on major construction projects.
• Advanced understanding of setting out, dimensional control, survey coordination and construction tolerances.
• Experience preparing and reviewing Inspection & Test Plans, method statements and risk assessments.
• Strong knowledge of quality control procedures and non-conformance management.
• Experience working with key construction packages, including concrete, drainage, steelwork and brickwork.
• Excellent understanding of technical documentation, project specifications and the RFI process.
• Temporary Works Coordinator training.
• Basic awareness training in lifting operations.
• A61 CPCS Lifting Operations Appointed Persons qualification.
• Scaffold awareness and inspection training.
• Familiarity with planning and programming software.

For more information about this Senior Engineer position or other senior construction & engineering opportunities, contact Oradeo Recruitment confidentially on +353 16877188 or email recruitment@oradeo.com

About Oradeo – Oradeo Recruitment are specialists in the construction & engineering sector. We are a leading service provider in Ireland, the UK, and Europe for professional recruitment services and managed labour across Construction & Civil Engineering, Data Centres, Mechanical & Electrical, Life Sciences, and Renewable Energies sectors.