Senior Engineer

Kier Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction firm in Greater Manchester is seeking a Senior Engineer to join their Highways Design team. In this role, you will be responsible for producing highways designs, conducting feasibility studies, and evaluating risks. The ideal candidate will have strong knowledge of civil engineering design software and be working towards professional accreditation. The position offers competitive benefits including a matched pension scheme and opportunities for personal development.

Benefits

Competitive annual holiday entitlement

Matched pension scheme

Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans

Qualifications

• Strong working knowledge of civil engineering design software.
• Member of a professional body, or working towards IEng / CEng status.
• Experience in preparing and delivering technical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Prepare preliminary and detailed designs for highways projects.
• Deliver technical and feasibility studies.
• Assess risks, materials, and costs while complying with regulations.
• Contribute innovative solutions to engineering problems.
• Maintain good relations with clients and authorities.

Skills

Civil engineering design software expertise (e.g., AutoCAD)

Strong knowledge of health and safety regulations

Risk assessment

Education

IEng / CEng status or working towards

Job description

We're looking for a Senior Engineer to join our Highways Design team based in Salford.

Within this role, you can enjoy competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell 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: Salford, Greater Manchester.

Hours: 37.5 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 Civil Engineering team, supporting them on the National Highways Scheme Delivery Framework contract producing highways designs, drawings, reports and documentation in accordance with the brief, timescales and budgetary allocation.

Your day to day will include:

• Preparing preliminary and detailed designs in accordance with approved design procedures for local and national authorities, providing support to the Principal Engineer of the design team on various design duties including but not limited to, producing design schedules, health, safety and welfare contract documentation in accordance with the Construction, Design & Management Regulations 2015 Design drawings and associated documents.
• Delivering technical and feasibility studies that satisfy client's technical specifications.
• Assessing potential risks, materials, and costs, complying with Kier's & client's guidelines and regulations including permits, safety etc and delivering technical files and other technical documentation as required, conducting on site investigations and analysing data (maps, reports, tests, drawings and other).
• Contributing towards technical excellence and innovation across the team, providing innovative solutions to engineering problems, complying with Kier's SHEMS and KDTS IMS, agreeing delivery targets and reporting regularly on progress towards milestones, overseeing and mentoring junior staff.
• Maintaining good relations with clients and other authorities, attending meetings as necessary, promoting health & safety in the workplace, setting a good example to other employees.

What are we looking for?

• Are a member of a professional body, IEng / CEng status or working towards.
• Competent and a strong working knowledge of civil engineering design software e.g AutoCAD.

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.

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.

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