Engineering Survey Lead

As Engineering Survey Lead, you will provide strategic oversight of structural and geospatial surveying across the Group. While survey teams remain embedded within operating companies, you will set standards, drive quality, support work winning and act as the technical authority on complex matters.

You will work closely with the CEO and Operating Company MDs, ensuring surveying capability supports operational excellence and business growth. As the function evolves, you may build and scale a dedicated team.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop Group wide surveying capability

• Establish and enforce surveying standards, methodologies and reporting

• Act as technical authority for complex surveying issues

• Support tenders and identify follow on project opportunities

• Monitor resource allocation and commercial performance

• Audit survey data to ensure compliance and quality

• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders
  

About you

• Chartered Member of IStructE, CICES, RICS or equivalent

• Bridge Inspector Certification Scheme certified or willing to undertake on joining

• 10 plus years technical surveying experience

• 5 plus years leading an established surveying team

• Strong knowledge of surveying regulations, RICS Standards, CDM and HSE

• Proven ability to set standards and drive quality

• Strong commercial awareness and experience supporting tenders

• Confidence to challenge non compliant practices
  

Why Kilnbridge?

We take on some of the UK’s most challenging engineering and construction projects with integrity, teamwork, and purpose. As an employee-owned business, every team member has a personal stake in our success. That means your work directly contributes to our delivery, innovation, and reputation.

We live by our values: Responsibility, Integrity, Teamwork, and Excellence. If these resonate with you, you’ll feel right at home here.

Ready to take the next step?

If you’re looking for a role where your expertise will make a real impact, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now and be part of a team that’s building something exceptional.

Kilnbridge is an equal opportunities employer and a proud member of the Disability Confident Scheme. We are committed to creating a diverse workplace where everyone is treated fairly with dignity and respect. We strive to attract, develop, engage and retain a diverse mix of talent that reflects the communities and stakeholders we serve. We are also open to discussing flexible working options where suitable.

We are committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment process. Let us know at any stage if you require reasonable adjustments, and we’ll do our best to accommodate. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, or marital status.