Utility Surveyor
Job Description
ROLE SPECIFICATION:
You will ensure the structural integrity and safety of major railway projects. You will install, calibrate, and maintain advanced geotechnical and structural monitoring systems across tunnels, bridges, portals, shafts, and other railway assets.
Your role will involve collecting and interpreting high-precision data from instruments such as load cells, strain gauges, inclinometers, and piezometers to monitor ground movement, structural stress, and water pressure. These insights support proactive risk management and compliance with railway safety standards.
The ideal candidate has strong technical expertise, problem-solving skills, and experience working in
challenging site conditions, collaborating with project teams to guide construction decisions and asset performance.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Install, configure, and maintain monitoring instruments which includes Load Cells, Strain
Gauges, Rod Settlement Plates, In-Place Inclinometers, Piezometers, LVDT’s and Tilt sensors. - Conduct monitoring on railway structures such as bridges and viaducts, tunnels and portals
and shafts and underground works. - Perform calibration and verification of sensors to ensure data accuracy.
- Collect, process, and analyse monitoring data for structural and geotechnical performance.
- Prepare technical reports and summaries for project stakeholders.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues with monitoring equipment and data acquisition systems.
- Ensure compliance with project specifications, industry standards, and health & safety
regulations. - Collaborate with engineers, contractors, and project managers to integrate monitoring
solutions into project workflows.
OTHER ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- Being fully aware of and actively complying with Munnelly Group’s policies and procedures
relevant to your own responsibilities. - Maintain a positive and proactive attitude always respecting fellow Team Members.
- Play an active role in the leadership of the business inspiring a team centred culture of
excellence and high performance. - Keep equipment and your work area clean and tidy as far as reasonably possible.
- Performing any other reasonable duties as directed by line management.
- Initiating continuous improvement in your own areas of responsibility and feedback on own performance, in one to ones and PDR’s.
- This list should not be regarded as exhaustive, and the role holder will be expected to deliver other duties relevant and appropriate to the role.
PERSON SPECIFICATION:
- Proven experience in geotechnical or structural monitoring on civil engineering projects.
- Hands-on experience with load cells for force measurement, strain gauges for stress/strain analysis, rod settlement plates for ground movement monitoring, In-place inclinometers for lateral displacement measurement and piezometers for pore water pressure monitoring.
- Experience working on railway infrastructure projects (tunnels, bridges, shafts).
- Strong understanding of data acquisition systems and sensor calibration.
- Ability to interpret monitoring data and provide actionable insights.
- Proficiency in MS Excel and data visualization tools; familiarity with specialized monitoring
software is a plus. - Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Strong communication skills for reporting and stakeholder engagement.
DESIRABLE SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS:
- Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in monitoring instrumentation.
- Knowledge of health and safety standards in construction and railway environments.
- Good Documentation capabilities, shift reports, project / site notes, data input and client
email liaison. - Ability to work in reactive site conditions.
- Flexible working patterns; that is conducive to the business needs and requirements of the
projects. - Experience with automated monitoring systems and remote data acquisition.
