Drainage & Water Design Engineer — Flexible Hours

Kier Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group in the UK is seeking an Engineer – Drainage and Water to join the Design Team Leader group, delivering high-quality, compliant drainage and water solutions across Building & Development, Transportation, and Water Utilities projects in Exeter, Ipswich, or Salford.

You will coordinate design outputs, apply relevant standards, and contribute to knowledge sharing while working with multidisciplinary teams to meet programme, budget, and risk commitments.

Qualifications

• Demonstrating technical competence in Drainage & Water engineering.
• Experience delivering tasks across Building & Development, Transportation, Water Utilities, and Flood & Water Management.
• Full driving licence and willingness to travel.
• Able to work autonomously and take ownership of technical outputs.
• Comfortable collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Delivering assigned tasks within work packages to a high standard, taking ownership of technical outputs and ensuring they are coordinated, compliant, and sustainable.
• Applying relevant design standards, regulations, and quality processes consistently, contributing technical input and supporting quality assurance and design reviews.
• Managing the delivery of individual tasks within the programme and budget, escalating issues and proposing solutions to maintain overall package performance.
• Working collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams, internal stakeholders, and external partners, ensuring task‑level outputs integrate smoothly with wider project delivery.
• Contributing to knowledge sharing and technical development within the team, providing informal guidance or mentoring to early‑career engineers or apprentices where appropriate.

Skills

Drainage & Water engineering

Autonomy in task delivery

Stakeholder collaboration

Driving licence & travel

Job description

Kier Group in the UK is seeking an Engineer – Drainage and Water to join the Design Team Leader group, delivering high-quality, compliant drainage and water solutions across Building & Development, Transportation, and Water Utilities projects in Exeter, Ipswich, or Salford.

You will coordinate design outputs, apply relevant standards, and contribute to knowledge sharing while working with multidisciplinary teams to meet programme, budget, and risk commitments.