A day in the life of 28-year-old Phil Edgley, a site engineer for Dandara.
Name: Phil Edgley
Age: 28
Job title: Site engineer
Company: Dandara
My morning
As well as being a site engineer, I also compete to a high level nationally as a triathlete. Dandara sponsors all my triathlon endeavours which is a huge help. Their funding goes towards paying for my kit and any transportation I need. It would be extremely difficult for me to continue competing in triathlon to the standard I do, and travel to the locations I race in, without the support of Dandara.
Most mornings my alarm goes off between 4.45am and 5.30am to allow me time to do some training. Before work I’ll either be at the pool, out on a run or cycling on my turbo-trainer for about an hour. I follow a weekly training plan which is put together by my coach, Ken Bryson, who owns coaching company Total Endurance. I’m in touch with Ken regularly and he keeps me right with all the relevant sessions I need to do as well as providing training and analysis of my performance. Once I’ve completed my morning exercise, I’ll shower, grab some breakfast and head to the City South development on the outskirts of Aberdeen for around 7am.
The morning is always the busiest period on site. The first thing I do is look at what all the sub-contractors are doing that day and assess whether they need daily safety permits, risk assessments and method statements in order to complete their jobs. I also look after any setting out needed first thing in the morning including drainage, roads, concrete and steel works.
I then need to brief the site staff, including groundworkers, steel fixers, electricians, plumbers and joiners on what their on-site tasks are so everyone knows what they’re working on. My duties then extend to general site management, which basically means making sure that the build is completed safely, on time and in spec. I’ll also handle any technical queries which come in regarding the building work which can be a full-on task and often takes up quite a chunk of my day.
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