Bridge Design Engineer

Kier Group plc.; Hurley; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

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Benefits package

Diversity & inclusion initiatives

Job summary

Kier Design is seeking a Bridge Engineer to join our Structures & Geotechnical team in Birmingham. You will produce technical designs, calculations, drawings and reports, supporting Lead Engineers on diverse highways projects.

You will collaborate across multidisciplinary teams to deliver on time and within budget. The role requires a Civil Engineering degree (or HNC/HND), with progression toward IEng/CEng and experience in highway structures design or assessment.

Qualifications

• Degree, HNC or HND in Civil Engineering is required.
• Working towards or achieved IEng/CEng status is preferred.
• Experience in inspection, assessment or design of highways structures is expected.
• Familiarity with DMRB, MCHW and CDM regulations is expected.
• Experience in a consultancy environment is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Producing technical designs, calculations, drawings and reports.
• Supporting Lead Engineers on project delivery.
• Assisting with maintenance and new-build structures schemes.
• Ensuring designs meet client briefs, standards and programme requirements.
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Time management

Strong technical/analytical skills

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering (or HNC/HND)

IEng/CEng status in progress or achieved

Job description

We're looking for an Bridge Engineer to join our Structures & Geotechnical team based in Birmingham. Location: Birmingham Hours: 37.5 hours per week some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us. Salary: Starting form £38,000 per annum Sector: Structures and Geotechnical Highways Structures We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

As a Bridge Engineer within our Structures Team at Kier Design, you'll play a key role in delivering a wide range of high-profile infrastructure projects. These include National Highways Major Projects, National Highways SDF, TfL frameworks, Northamptonshire schemes, and South Wales Trunk Road Agency (SWTRA) contracts, among others. You'll be responsible for the production of technical designs and documentation, supporting the Lead Engineer to successfully deliver highways structures maintenance and new-build schemes ensuring projects meet client requirements, on time and within budget.

• Are you Degree qualified in Civil Engineering (or HNC/HND equivalent)?
• Working towards or achieved IEng / CEng (MICE, MIStructE or equivalent)?
• Experienced in the inspection, assessment or design of highways structures?
• Familiar with Eurocodes and UK standards (DMRB, MCHW)?
• A proactive team player with strong technical and analytical skills?
• Do you Want to work on nationally significant highways projects?
• Enjoy developing practical, buildable engineering solutions?
• Take ownership of producing high-quality technical designs and reports?
• Thrive working collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams?
• Have the drive to meet targets and deliver work with minimal supervision?
• Want to work for a highly regarded Main Contractor, recognised as a Top 30 employer on Glassdoor?

What will you be responsible for?

• Producing technical designs, calculations, drawings and reports
• Supporting Lead Engineers on project delivery
• Assisting with maintenance and new-build structures schemes
• Ensuring designs meet client briefs, standards and programme requirements
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders

What are we looking for?

• Have a degree, HNC or HND in Civil Engineering
• Are working towards IEng or CEng status
• Have experience or knowledge of structures design (maintenance or new build)
• Have understanding of DMRB, MCHW and CDM regulations
• Have experience within an engineering consultancy environment
• Have strong teamwork, communication and time management skills

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome!

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview. We look forward to seeing your application