Senior Drainage & Water Design Lead

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

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.