Highways Technology Design Engineer – Hybrid

Kier Group; Salford; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Diversity & Inclusion

Disability Confident employer

Job summary

Kier Group in Manchester/Newcastle or Birmingham is seeking a Technology Design Engineer to support highways technology solutions across the full project lifecycle. You will develop and coordinate designs for ITS, communications, power and digital infrastructure, ensuring they are compliant, buildable and aligned to client requirements.

Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will contribute to safe, efficient, and future-ready infrastructure on major UK projects.

Qualifications

• HNC/Degree (or working towards) in Electrical, Electronic, Communications or Technology Engineering.
• Experience in highways or infrastructure technology design.
• Familiar with National Highways standards (e.g. DMRB, TA401).
• Comfortable across ITS, communications or digital infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Deliver technology design across ITS, communications, power and digital infrastructure
• Produce drawings, specs and technical documentation (2D/3D)
• Ensure compliance with DMRB, National Highways and industry standards
• Apply design assurance, supporting reviews and gateway compliance
• Identify and mitigate technical risk for right-first-time delivery
• Support ITS, comms networks and smart/IoT-enabled infrastructure
• Collaborate with clients, stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams
• Contribute to bids, innovation, digital engineering and team development

Skills

Problem-solving

Team collaboration

Communication

Stakeholder management

Education

HNC/Degree in Electrical, Electronic, Communications or Technology Engineering

Tools

CAD

Digital engineering tools

Job description

Kier Group in Manchester/Newcastle or Birmingham is seeking a Technology Design Engineer to support highways technology solutions across the full project lifecycle. You will develop and coordinate designs for ITS, communications, power and digital infrastructure, ensuring they are compliant, buildable and aligned to client requirements.

Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will contribute to safe, efficient, and future-ready infrastructure on major UK projects.