Principal Engineer in Exeter

Energy Jobline ZR; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 51,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead delivery of complex construction engineering services across the built environment. The role involves temporary works design, checking and providing technical support to multi-project teams, with a focus on safety, buildability and sustainability.

You will work across civil, structural and geotechnical disciplines, lead design outputs, and contribute to tendering and preconstruction planning while maintaining high QA standards.

Qualifications

• Civil/structural/geotechnical principles grounding.
• Experience with temporary works design and/or management.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills for a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of complex construction engineering services, including temporary works design/checking and risk assessments.
• Produce and review design outputs (calculations, drawings, 3D models, reports) ensuring CDM/SHE compliance.
• Develop yourself and the team, driving continuous improvement of processes and systems.

Skills

Civil engineering principles

Temporary works design

Collaboration & communication

Education

Chartered Engineer (CEng) or equivalent experience

Job description

Job Description

Principal Engineer

We're looking for civil, structural and/orgeotechnical 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 intemporary 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?

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.

Main responsibilities

• 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.

and

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 and 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 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.