Engineer

Kier Group; West of England; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group in Bristol is seeking a Design Engineer – Civils to join the River Infrastructure team. You will work within Kier Design, delivering civil infrastructure engineering services and supporting prestigious clients such as the Environment Agency and Severn Trent.

Your day-to-day includes reviewing client requirements, coordinating the design team, ensuring CDM compliance, and contributing to project financials and value engineering to strengthen Kier's competitive position.

Qualifications

• Experience in design delivery and managing uncertainty and technical risk.
• Postgraduate experience in hydraulic structures/river engineering or similar.
• Full driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Review client remit requirements and ensure full understanding.
• Organise and lead day-to-day workload of engineers and technical staff in design team.
• Ensure compliance with CDM Regulations and Kier Quality Management System.
• Contribute to financial and commercial management of projects including progress monitoring and change control.
• Deliver alternative solutions and value engineering to enhance Kier's competitive position.

Skills

Design delivery

Risk assessment

Civil infrastructure design

Stakeholder liaison

Education

Postgraduate experience in hydraulic structures/river engineering

Job description

We're looking for a Design Engineer – Civils to join our River Infrastructure team based in Bristol.

Location: Bristol

Hours: 40 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

You'll be working within Kier's 700 strong internal consultancy, Kier Design, supporting the delivery of Civil Infrastructure Engineering related services. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the delivery of complex services by providing safe and buildable solutions whilst achieving clients' goals. You'll be part of a growing team delivering infrastructure projects for prestigious clients such as the Environment Agency, Severn Trent, and Mining Remediation Authority.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Design Engineer – Civils, You'll Be Working Within The Kier Design Team, Supporting Them In Delivering Civil Infrastructure Engineering Services. Your Day To Day Will Include

• Reviewing and agreeing technical requirements of the client remit, ensuring it is fully understood
• Organising and leading the day-to-day workload of engineers and technical staff within the design team
• Ensuring compliance with applicable legal requirements and Company policies including CDM Regulations and the Kier Quality Management System
• Contributing to the financial and commercial management of projects such as progress monitoring and change control
• Delivering alternative solutions and value engineering to enhance Kier's competitive position

What are we looking for?

This role of Design Engineer – Civils is great for you if:

• You have experience in design delivery and feel comfortable using your own judgement when managing uncertainty and technical risk
• You're working towards becoming a Chartered or Incorporated member of a relevant professional institution (e.g., CEng MICE)
• You have relevant postgraduate experience in the design of hydraulic structures, river engineering, or similar
• You hold a Full driving licence
• You enjoy collaborating with others and building effective relationships across teams, clients and stakeholders

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.

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case‑by‑case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre‑employment checks.