Senior Engineer

KIER GROUP; Bristol; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction firm is seeking a Senior Engineer to join their Design team in Bristol. In this role, you will lead design activities, support project delivery, and work on solutions that ensure safety and feasibility. The ideal candidate is an Incorporated member of a professional institution with extensive design consultancy experience. Competitive benefits include flexible hours, matched pension scheme, and opportunities for personal development. Join us in innovating construction solutions!

Benefits

Competitive annual holiday entitlement

Matched pension scheme

Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans

Qualifications

• Significant practical experience in a similar design consultancy.
• Must hold a full driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Agree technical requirements and lead fee proposal development.
• Organise and lead the workload of engineers and technical staff.
• Provide leadership and support to the Engineering Manager.
• Oversee the production of design deliverables.
• Deliver alternative solutions and coordinate multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Technical compliance

Design management

Leadership

Value engineering

Education

Incorporated membership of a relevant professional institution (e.g. IEng MICE)

Job description

We're looking for a Senior Engineer to join our Design team based in Bristol. Our team provide designs, advice and training in construction engineering, including temporary works, construction materials, ground engineering, land surveying and traffic management. Within this role, you can enjoy competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy leave, a fantastic, matched pension scheme, a share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans and even more.

Location

Bristol

Hours

40 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Engineer, you'll be working within the Construction Engineering team, supporting Kier in contributing to the delivery of a complex range of services, providing solutions which are safe and buildable.

Your day to day will include:

• Agreeing technical requirements of the client remit, ensuring it is fully understood, questioning and challenging where necessary, leading the development of fee proposals for review in accordance with delegated authority policy
• Organising and leading the day-to-day workload of engineers and technical staff within the design team, ensuring technical compliance of the design to the remit, applicable legal requirements and company policies / procedures
• Providing leadership to direct and indirect reports, supporting the Engineering Manager and Head of Capability, implementing and complying with Kier policies and procedures for functional governance
• Overseeing and contributing to the production of design deliverables, including calculations, drawings, reports and design risk assessments related to temporary works design and checking, above and below ground in all materials which are integrated with permanent works design as applicable
• Delivery of alternative solutions and value engineering, enhancing Kier's competitive position, design management advice and coordination supporting bid winning and project delivery, including acting as Lead Designer on projects requiring multidisciplinary teams or where Kier are required to take lead consultant role, technical assessment and review of 3rd party designs, ensuring compliance with the brief to meet client and Kier requirements

What are we looking for?

This role of Senior Engineer is great for you if:

• You are an Incorporated member of a relevant professional institution (e.g. IEng MICE) and have relevant experience or significant practical experience in a similar design consultancy
• You have a full driving licence to visit offices and construction sites

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.

We look forward to seeing your application to join the #constructionrevolution #joinkier