Setting Out Engineer
Location: Mobile role covering Surrey, Sussex and Kent
RGsetsquare recruitment is working with FM and Construction Companies who are responsible for managing a mixture of reactive and planned maintenance contracts across UK.
Rate: 200 per day (Umb)
Duration: 4-5 Months
Main Purpose of Job
Undertake consistent site-by-site surveys across operational sites, using setting-out and reality-capture methods to record buildings, structures, enclosures, routes, tanks, access constraints and relevant plant for fire evacuation, point-cloud and modelling outputs.
Junior/mid-level field role focused on safe capture, clear records and complete handover packs for the BIM / delivery team.
Main Duties & Responsibilities
- Attend sites to the weekly lookahead, RAMS, permits and site controls.
- Survey occupiable buildings, kiosks, enclosures, major structures, external routes, evacuation routes, tanks, plant interfaces and scoped operational areas.
- Use the agreed survey kit: Scanners, SLAM, total station/GPS, measuring tools, 360 camera and/or tablet.
- Record control, reference points, levels, building positions and orientation for modelling reuse as practicable.
- Capture sites thoroughly, focusing on exits, stairs, doors, gates, routes, constraints and level changes.
- Record site name, CAFM, what3words, building refs, contacts, access notes and survey gaps.
- Complete survey forms, checklists, photo logs and daily notes, including exclusions, safety limits, weather and abortive time.
- Escalate blockers fast: unsafe access, confined spaces, locks, hazards, missing escorts, weather, traffic, readiness / scope gaps.
- Control data: name files, separate folders, back up capture data and upload to ACC or the nominated location.
- Handover complete site packs: scans, photos, notes, forms, sketches and exceptions.
- Maintain equipment: charge, transport safely, complete checks and report faults or damage.
- Follow company H&S, rules, RAMS, lone-working, manual-handling and operational procedures.
- Clarify site conditions for BIM/modelling, without owning modelling, BIM audits or design.
- Carry out other reasonable delivery duties aligned to the role.
Key Skills & Competencies
- Junior/mid setting-out, site engineering, land survey or utility survey experience; water/wastewater, civils, industrial or FM sites desirable.
- Some practical survey knowledge: measurement, levels, control, coordinates, georeferencing, sketches, mark-ups, photos and evidence records.
- Strong familiarity with total station, GPS/GNSS, laser scanning, SLAM or similar digital survey equipment.
- Able to follow a repeatable checklist and capture consistent information across multiple sites.
- Good hazard awareness: traffic, tanks, chambers, uneven ground, plant, restricted access and water/wastewater environments.
- Detail-focused.
- Clear communicator with site teams, client contacts and internal delivery managers.
- Able to work independently, and stop or escalate when safety or scope is unclear.
- Organised, with good time control across short-cycle site surveys.
- Full UK driving licence; willing to travel across the region.
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