Principal Engineer

Kier Group plc.; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group plc. is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead civil, structural and/or geotechnical engineering work across a UK-wide set of sites. The role offers hybrid working with occasional home days, a 40-hour week, and starts from £60k per year.

The position involves leading diverse projects, ensuring design compliance and safety, and supporting tendering, preconstruction and delivery with a focus on buildability and sustainability.

Qualifications

• Qualified civil/structural/geotechnical engineer with chartered status or equivalent experience.
• Strong knowledge of design standards and temporary works practices.
• Proven ability to lead complex engineering projects across multiple locations.

Responsibilities

• Leading delivery of a broad range of complex construction engineering services, including temporary works design and checking.
• Acting as Project Lead for multiple projects, managing scope, programme and budget.
• Producing and checking design outputs (calculations, sketches, drawings, models) ensuring CDM/SHE and QA compliance.
• Developing team capability and contributing to process improvements.

Skills

Civil engineering

Structural engineering

Geotechnical engineering

Temporary works design

Project leadership

Education

Chartered Engineer (CEng) or equivalent

Job description

Job Description Principal Engineer

We're looking for civil, structural and/or geotechnical engineers to join our team in various locations around the UK. Locations: Birmingham / Bristol / Cambridge / Cardiff / Glasgow / Leeds / Liverpool / London / Manchester / Newcastle / Norwich / Plymouth - agile working, with up to 1-2 days per week from home if desired Hours: 40 hours per week - flexibility on hours available if desired Salary: Starting from £60k per annum Sector: Working across all sectors of the built environment Join us as a Principal Engineer and become part of one of the UK's leaders in temporary works design and management and construction-related technical services. As part of our 100-strong team, you'll get to work on hundreds of projects across one of the most diverse and high‑profile portfolios in the country, with access to Kier's £11bn+ project pipeline - supporting complex construction and major infrastructure schemes from concept through to delivery.

Are
you... Practically-minded, with a strong grounding in civil, structural and/or geotechnical engineering principles and knowledge of applicable design standards? A Chartered Engineer (CEng) or of equivalent experience? Do you... Enjoy applying first principles thinking to real-world construction challenges, combining a keen eye for detail with sound engineering judgement, a focus on safety, buildability, sustainability and a flair for innovation and creative problem-solving? Have experience of temporary works design and/or management, or other practical construction experience? Have strong organisational and communication skills, and enjoy working as part of collaborative teams? Want to join a top-25 engineering consultancy, recognised as a one of Glassdoor's 50 best places to work?

What will you be responsible for?

Main responsibilities

• Leading the delivery of a broad range of complex construction engineering services, including some or all of: temporary works design and checking, reviewing permanent
  designs for compliance and buildability, supporting tenders and preconstruction planning, and providing technical support to overcome construction-stage and post-construction issues and defects.
• Acting as Project Lead for multiple complex projects, managing technical scope, programme, budget and relationships with preconstruction and construction teams, from bid through to delivery
• Producing, checking and reviewing design outputs such as calculations, sketches, drawings, 3D models, reports and risk assessments, ensuring compliance with CDM, SHE procedures and QA processes
• Developing yourself, other individuals and the wider team, contributing to the continuous improvement of processes and systems, enabling the business to adapt to current and future challenges.

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.