Lead Digital Build Engineer

February 27, 2026
£100000 - £100000
Urgent

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View more categories View less categories Sector Engineering ,Technology Role Manager Contract Type Permanent Hours Full Time

Expanded are currently recruiting for a Project Engineer (Lead Digital Build Engineer) to drive certainty, engineered safety and excellence in delivery at the Monklands Replacement Project.

NHS Lanarkshire’s ambition is to deliver Scotland’s first fully digital and net zero carbon hospital through the Monklands Replacement Project (MRP). The new hospital is a hugely significant capital project with massive benefits for healthcare, the economy and local community across Lanarkshire and Scotland.

This is the perfect role for an experienced Project Engineer to move into a Digital Build role.

Known terms: Site Agent/Project Manager

  • Have demonstrable experience of managing Civils and Structural interface coordination across large schemes of work (£100million +)
  • Have an excellent technical understanding of all common construction methodologies associated with reinforced concrete frames including temporary works schemes and Design for Manufacture and Assembly
  • Possess a broad Digital skillset covering Autodesk products such as Revit, Navisworks and Civils3D as well as Solibri Model Checker
  • Have a passion for digitalisation and automation of construction design.
  • Be a confident communicator able to work closely with design consultants, senior members of the project engineering and leadership teams.
  • Be influential in ensuring the adherence to Digital Build processes across all levels and disciplines of the project team.
  • Be an enthusiastic mentor and leader to a Digital Build team, providing technical supervision and training to junior members of staff and members of the project team.

About us:

Laing O’Rourke are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O’Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O’Rourke’s story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme’. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.

We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email

Company

We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O’Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O’Rourke’s story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

“As an engineering enterprise, Laing O’Rourke is committed to playing a vital role in building a stronger and more sustainable economy that benefits society in general.” – Ray O’Rourke KBE, Chief Executive Officer

Our Origin Story:

Diversity & Inclusion:

Laing O’Rourke is committed to inclusion; an employer that maintains the highest standard of employment practice and one which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse society in which we live and work.

Laing O’Rourkebelieves that when we go to work, we should feel we are going to a place where we are accepted, understood and valued and that we should make others we work with feel this way too.

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION SUBCOMMITTEES

Laing O’Rourke have ten Diversity & Inclusion Subcommittees. The purpose of the diversity and inclusion sub-committees is to offer a safe and supportive environment to listen and share personal experiences and insights, as well as play a sympathetic role for each other.

The sub-committees help to drive education, events and initiatives across the organisation as well as help colleagues to understand their purpose.

Current subcommitteesinclude Dis-Ability, Carers, Ethnicity, Gender, Families that live abroad,LGBTQ+, Women & Menopause, & Working Families.

  • LOR recruitment, HR Teams, Leadership and management have undertakendisability awareness trainingand are eager to provide an inclusive and accessibility experience to job applicants and new colleagues
  • LOR Dis-ABILITY Subcommitteeis an Employee Network Group of colleagues passionate about disability inclusion. Its aims are to raise awareness and remove barriers around disability, neurodiversity and long term health conditions to support creating an inclusive and diverse workplace for everyone.
  • Disability Confident Leaders- We are using the requirements of the government scheme to create an inclusive environment for disabled job applicants and existing colleagues.
  • LOR are members of theBusiness Disability Forum, giving access to a wide range of resources and information. Our line managers have access to their best practice guides and confidential support line.
  • LOR are partnering withEven Breakto have access to exemplary advice around disability inclusion.

Sustainability:

  • To be a net zero company by 2050
  • By 2033 to achieve equal gender balance across currently 5,500 international staff

Rewards andBenefits:

  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Pension – basic and enhanced schemes
  • Health and Wellbeing
  • Virtual GP
  • Health Assessment (Age 50+)
  • Phased return to work (80% of working week for 100% pay)
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • 5 days leave extra can be purchased
  • Employee Discounts
  • Allowances – car or transport allowance, depending on role/grade

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