Highways Design Engineer

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

Job summary

Kier Group in Salford, Greater Manchester, is seeking an Engineer – Highways Design to join the Civil Engineering team within the National Highways Scheme Delivery Framework. The role focuses on producing highways designs, drawings and reports to meet briefs, timescales and budgets.

You will support the Senior Engineer on design duties, develop design schedules, assessments, and ensure compliance with regulations while maintaining client relations and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Member of a professional body or working toward IEng/CEng status.
• Experience as an Engineer in a similar role.
• Strong knowledge of civil engineering design software such as AutoCAD.

Responsibilities

• Prepare preliminary and detailed highway designs in line with approved procedures for local/national authorities.
• Deliver technical feasibility studies and design documentation.
• Mentor junior staff and coordinate with clients and authorities; ensure health and safety compliance.

Skills

AutoCAD

Civil design

Education

IEng/CEng status

Job description

We're looking for an Engineer – Highways Design to join our National Highways scheme delivery framework team based in Salford, Greater Manchester.

We believe in building teams around our people, rather than squeezing people into our teams, and we want to help you carve out a role in which you'll grow and thrive for many years to come. We offer market-leading development opportunities, supporting our graduates through the early stages of their careers, enabling our people to become professionally qualified, providing management training and qualifications, and supporting ongoing technical development throughout our people's careers., we actively promote, so you can keep pushing and stretching yourself.

Location: Salford, Greater Manchester
Hours: 37.5 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.

What will you be responsible for?

As an Engineer – Highways Design, you'll be working within the Civil Engineering team, supporting them on the National Highways Scheme Delivery Framework contract producing highways designs, drawings, reports and documentation in accordance with the brief, timescales and budgetary allocation.

Your day to day will include:

• Preparing preliminary and detailed designs in accordance with approved design procedures for local and national authorities, providing support to the Senior Engineer of the design team on various design duties including but not limited to, producing design schedules, health, safety and welfare contract documentation in accordance with the Construction, Design & Management Regulations 2015 Design drawings and associated documents
• Delivering technical and feasibility studies that satisfy client's technical specifications
• Assessing potential risks, materials, and costs, complying with Kier's & client's guidelines and regulations including permits, safety etc and deliver technical files and other technical documentation as required, conducting on site investigations and analysing data (maps, reports, tests, drawings and other)
• Contributing towards technical excellence and innovation across the team, providing innovative solutions to engineering problems, complying with Kier's SHEMS and KDTS IMS, agreeing delivery targets and report regularly on progress towards milestones, overseeing and mentor junior staff
• Maintaining good relations with clients and other authorities, attending meetings as necessary, promoting health & safety in the workplace, setting a good example to other employees

What are we looking for?

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

• You're a member of a professional body or working towards IEng/CEng status
• Are working as an Engineer in a similar role and or environment
• Competent and a strong working knowledge of civil engineering design software e.g AutoCAD

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.