Senior Drainage and Water Engineer

Kier Group plc.; Salford; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group plc. is seeking a Senior Engineer - Drainage and Water for Kier Design in the UK. You will lead drainage and water design work across diverse sectors, delivering compliant, high-quality outputs while coordinating with multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders.

You will act as design lead for assigned packages, manage delivery, risk and budget, and mentor early-career engineers, promoting innovation and continuous improvement within a strong design culture.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering drainage and water design packages with technical autonomy.
• Ability to manage delivery of work packages including programme, cost and risk.
• Strong collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams and stakeholders.
• Ability to produce and review high-quality, compliant engineering outputs.

Responsibilities

• Act as design lead for assigned work packages, manage technical risks and contribute to QA and design reviews.
• Manage day-to-day delivery of work packages, ensuring programme, budget and risk commitments are met.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams, internal stakeholders and external partners.
• Provide line management and mentoring to early-career engineers.
• Support continuous improvement of team practices, standards and delivery quality.

Skills

Drainage & Water design

Technical delivery management

Collaborative working

Engineering outputs quality

Job description

Hours and Logistics

• Hours: 40 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.
• Are you...
• Experienced in delivering Drainage & Water design packages with technical autonomy across sectors such as Building & Development, Transportation, Water Utilities, or Flood & Water Management.
• Skilled in managing technical delivery of work packages, including programme awareness, cost control, and proactive risk management.
• Able to work collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams and engage effectively with stakeholders.
• Capable of producing and reviewing high-quality, compliant engineering outputs in line with relevant standards and regulations.
• Holder of a full driving licence and willing to travel as required.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Engineer - Drainage and Water, you'll be working within the Design team, supporting them in delivering high-quality, compliant, and sustainable drainage and water solutions across a range of exciting projects. This is an opportunity to make a real impact, working collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams whilst supporting the development of early-career engineers. You'll be valued for your technical expertise and your ability to contribute to a positive, inclusive team culture where innovation and continuous improvement are encouraged.

Your day to day will include:

• Acting as design lead for assigned work packages, managing technical risks and contributing to quality assurance and design reviews.
• Managing day-to-day delivery of work packages, ensuring programme, budget, and risk commitments are met.
• Collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams, internal stakeholders, and external partners to support integrated design delivery.
• Providing line management and mentoring to early-career engineers, contributing to technical development and knowledge sharing.
• Supporting continuous improvement of team practices, standards, and delivery quality.

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.

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case‑by‑case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre‑employment checks.

We're looking for a Senior Engineer - Drainage and Water to join our Kier Design team based in Exeter, Ipswich, or Salford. Kier Design are a highly regarded Tier 1 Contractor, with a 750 plus strong design consultancy team, recognised as a Top 30 employer on Glassdoor.