Senior Engineer

KIER GROUP; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-leading development opportunities

Tailored benefits

Flexible working hours

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy is looking for a Senior Engineer to join their Structural and Geotechnical Engineering Team. This role focuses on delivering technical excellence on various highway projects across the UK. The ideal candidate will have a relevant engineering degree, experience in inspection and design of highway structures, and familiarity with key design software. The position allows for remote work and provides an opportunity to grow within a supportive environment offering numerous benefits.

Qualifications

• Approaching or achieving Chartered/Incorporated status.
• Experience with relevant design software.
• Familiarity with Eurocodes and management systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage delivery of technical outputs.
• Contribute to innovation in highway structures.
• Conduct inspections and feasibility studies.
• Prepare tender documents and oversee construction.
• Implement improvements to SHEQ in projects.

Skills

Design software proficiency

Highway structures knowledge

Inspection and assessment experience

Education

Degree in relevant engineering discipline

Job description

Senior Engineer – Structures & Geo

We're looking for a Senior Engineer to join our Structural and Geotechnical Engineering Team based in London, Birmingham, or Manchester. Kier Design is a top‑25 engineering consultancy delivering a wide range of services across all sectors of the built environment. We have preferential access to Kier’s £11bn+ project pipeline, including projects such as High Speed 2 and Hinkley Point C, as well as frameworks with national and local government.

We believe in building teams around our people, rather than squeezing people into our teams. We want to help you carve out a role in which you’ll grow and thrive for many years to come, offering market‑leading development opportunities, supporting our graduates through the early stages of their careers, enabling professional qualification, providing management training and supporting ongoing technical development.

Location

London, Birmingham, or Manchester – remote working available, with occasional travel to the office required.

Hours

37.5 hours per week – some flexibility available if desired.

Note

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Engineer, you’ll be working within the Structures Team, supporting them in delivering technical excellence across contracts such as National Highways Major Projects, National Highways SDF, TfL, Northamptonshire, South Wales Trunk Road Agency Contract (SWTRA), and many more.

Your day‑to‑day will include:

• Leading and managing the delivery of technical outputs, acting as Lead Designer on team projects
• Contributing to technical excellence and innovation across inspection, assessment, and design of highway structures
• Scheme investigation, site and structure inspections, data collection and analysis, feasibility studies, preliminary and detailed design
• Preparing tender documents, works / construction inspection and supervision, progressing scheme design, development and construction
• Communicating, delivering and implementing improvements to SHEQ within all aspects of projects

Requirements

This role is great for you if:

• You have a degree in a relevant engineering discipline and are approaching or have achieved Chartered / Incorporated status with a professional institution
• You bring demonstrable experience in inspection, assessment, and design of highway structures to UK standards
• You’re comfortable with relevant design software and familiar with Eurocodes / knowledge and experience of the main management systems & processes used within a similar business

Benefits

We offer a wide variety of benefits you can tailor to your needs.

Diversity and Inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. 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. 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.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.