The undergraduate civil engineering role involved learning the role of a site engineer on a live project Project work was located along a road and in the city centre and in part included constructing SUDS implementing Dutch Kerbs and installing paving a
I get to the office for 730am each day check my emails briefly and go out onto site and do a round quality checking and supervising deliveries I get back to the office for 10am and then do a few hours of admin filing rams spa039s and permits Then
Sorting out pieces of data and analysis of drawings
My day to day roles included checking the previous days engineer diaries and records that had been submitted and chase any that may have been missed Filtering through invoices for the monthly application to the clients and sorting orderly systems for fil
Standard engineer roles surveying and setting out across site checking drainage and columnslab drawings snagging quality checks helping other Sisk workers across site with general tasks
I would arrive for briefing in the morning and plan out the days activities These mostly included setting out tracking and compiling data uploading forms and asbuilt evidence I would take action each day to ensure the site is running as safely as pos
I attended meeting and took notes I did quality assurance to check if pipes and ventilation ducts were in the correct place I marked on engineering drawings where pattresses were supposed to be Labelled delivery dates and locations on floor layouts fo
With my line manager being a Senior Design Manager I was shadowing them and learning about their role in creating an effective design for a new 35 story apartment block while also checking specific workings on a different live project Daytoday in the
I am an undergraduate civil engineer this primarily involves shadowing the site or senior engineers initially and then learning as much as possible from them and other members of the site what engineering involves what contracting involves and how every
Arrive at office 700 Check emails Attend daily briefing Go out to site Do daily tasks eg setting out checking control points digging trial holes Lunch Continue days tasks 500 go home Some days will be office based work eg reviewing RAMS MARS a
I have a number of responsibilities accepting or declining subcontractor invoices and applications for payments adding them to a evaluation and using evidence to determine whether we agree with applications or not Working along side other QS and Commer
Working with Commercial team to update project costing reports as required Preparation of Activity Schedules Bills of Quantities and Resource profiling Preparation of Applications for Payment for submission to Clients Subcontract administra
Undertaking research to support the team of which I was asked to present The work has also involve writing up case studies based on given information
Being part of the engineering team and conducting surveys asbuilts and setting out work for subcontractors Assist with package management of subcontractors General site safety activitys to keep the site safe Helping the site management team with
site management site engineering and some design management off site stuff was mainly project management but as I had limited architectural experience I had to manage risk registers RFi schedules etc used viewpoint VFP autocad and alot of excel i
As an undergraduate engineer in the mechanical amp electrical team my role has been to aid in the implementation of these systems onsite Personally have been mostly responsible for facilitating systems tests conducting surveys on various design asp
Overseeing a designated portion of the internal fit out of apartments as well as generally resolving issues around site
During my year on placement I was working onsite one Sisks large commercial projects I was out on site on a daily basis with roughly a 7030 split from site work to work in the office This was an aspect of the job I enjoyed greatly Daily tasks inclu
Procuring and overseeing subcontractor packages as well as weekly site mark ups and temporary labour hours
Worked on one project focusing my time on design coordination tasks such as creating and reviewing documents attending meetings and communicating regularly I also would extensively onsite using survey equipment and supervising works
