Hybrid Senior Highways & Drainage Engineer – Lead Design

Jobs4; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Design is seeking a Senior Highways & Drainage Engineer to join our team across multiple locations in the UK, with agile working and up to 1–2 days from home. Based in Cardiff/Birmingham/Bristol or other cities, you will lead design delivery from concept through to delivery while maintaining safety and constructability.

You will mentor engineers, coordinate multidisciplinary teams, and provide temporary works design solutions, supporting bid activities and client relationships.

Qualifications

• Incorporated member of a relevant professional institution (e.g. IEng MICE).
• Experience in highways and drainage engineering with demonstrable technical expertise.
• Confident in leading design projects and managing multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Leading temporary works design and checking with a focus on highways and drainage solutions.
• Providing tender and bid support including outline designs, feasibility studies and value engineering.
• Managing design projects from remit development through to delivery, ensuring technical compliance.
• Leading and organising the workload of engineers and technical staff within the design team.
• Building strong client relationships and representing Kier at project meetings.

Skills

Highways & drainage engineering

Design project leadership

Temporary works design & checking

Stakeholder management

Education

Incorporated member of a professional institution (e.g. IEng/MICE)

Job description

Kier Design is seeking a Senior Highways & Drainage Engineer to join our team across multiple locations in the UK, with agile working and up to 1–2 days from home. Based in Cardiff/Birmingham/Bristol or other cities, you will lead design delivery from concept through to delivery while maintaining safety and constructability.

You will mentor engineers, coordinate multidisciplinary teams, and provide temporary works design solutions, supporting bid activities and client relationships.