What is the difference between Site Supervisor and Site Engineer?

Site supervisor only supervise the manpower and specific tasks and site engineer can run the projects with official followup, management of project and site activities.  

A site engineer is responsible for ensuring that the workers on site build the project following the technical guidance provided, and site supervisor assumes the responsibility, Completes construction projects by planning, organizing, and controlling projects, completing quality inspections, supervising sub-contractors and staff.

Site Engineer Give technical Instructions And site supervise execute site wok

Site Supervisor involved in site activity and site execution.

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Site Engineer  involved with design team, planning, Material monitoring & manpower requirement. 

Site Supervisor : 

1.     Oversee operations on a day-to-day basis

2.     Ensure that work is done safely, on time and within budget and to the right quality standards.

3.     Responsibility for the whole site

4.     Before work starts, a site manager gets things ready by taking on staff, and preparing the site, carefully planning the work to be done and installing temporary offices for site staff.

5.     Monitor progress, oversee delivery of materials and carry out safety checks and sort out any problems which could hold up work as they arise.

6.     Keep in close contact with members of their site team at all times, and liaise with architects, engineers, surveyors and planners.

Site engineer:

Role of Construction Site Engineer depends on the type of work involved and experience of site engineer in a construction project. The duties and responsibilities of a construction site engineer are typically as follows, many of these will be delegated to other engineers on the site according to their experience and ability:

·         Setting out the works in accordance with the drawings and specification

·         Liaising with the project planning engineer regarding construction programmes

·         Checking materials and work in progress for compliance with the specified requirements

·         Observance of safety requirements

·         Resolving technical issues with employer’s representatives, suppliers, subcontractors and statutory authorities

·         Quality control in accordance with CSIs/procedures method statements, quality plans and inspection and test plans, all prepared by the project management team and by subcontractors

·         Liaising with company or project purchasing department to ensure that purchase orders adequately define the specified requirements

·         Supervising and counselling junior or trainee engineers

·         Measurement and valuation (in collaboration with the project quantity surveyor where appropriate)

·         Providing data in respect of variation orders and site instructions

·         Preparing record drawings, technical reports, site diary

·         Job review of subordinate staff.