Senior Engineer

Inclusionmaking Kier; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier is recruiting a Senior Engineer to join our civil, structural and geotechnical teams across the UK, including Plymouth. This role offers agile working with up to 1-2 days from home.

You will produce, check and review design outputs, lead multiple projects, and mentor colleagues while driving safe, buildable and innovative solutions across temporary works and related services.

Qualifications

• Ability to produce calculations, sketches, drawings and models with attention to safety and buildability.
• IEng or working towards CEng with relevant experience.
• Experience in temporary works design or construction-related activities.
• Strong organisational and communication skills within collaborative teams.
• Commitment to safe and sustainable engineering solutions.

Responsibilities

• Produce, check and review design outputs and risk assessments per CDM/SHE/QA.
• Act as Project Lead for multiple projects, managing scope, programme and budget.
• Develop yourself and the wider team, driving process improvements.
• Lead delivery of temporary works design and review permanent designs for buildability.

Skills

Project leadership

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Safety awareness

Education

Incorporated Engineer (IEng) or working towards Chartered Engineer (CEng)

Job description

Senior Engineer

We're looking for civil, structural and/or geotechnical engineers to join our team in various locations around the UK.

Locations: Birmingham / Bristol / Cambridge / Cardiff / Glasgow / Leeds / Liverpool / London / Manchester / Newcastle / Norwich / Plymouth.

Agile working, with up to 1-2 days per week from home if desired.

Hours: 40 hours per week - flexibility on hours available if desired.

Join us as a Senior Engineer and become part of one of the UK's leaders in temporary works design and management and construction-related technical services. As part of our 100-strong team, you'll get to work on hundreds of projects across one of the most diverse and high-profile portfolios in the country, with access to Kier's £11bn+ project pipeline - supporting complex construction and major infrastructure schemes from concept through to delivery.

Key responsibilities

• Producing, checking and reviewing design outputs such as calculations, sketches, drawings, 3-D models, reports and risk assessments, ensuring compliance with CDM, SHE procedures and QA processes.
• Acting as Project Lead for multiple projects, managing technical scope, programme, budget and relationships with preconstruction and construction teams, from bid through to delivery.
• Developing yourself, other individuals and the wider team, contributing to the continuous improvement of processes and systems, enabling the business to adapt to current and future challenges.
• Leading the delivery of a broad range of construction engineering services, including temporary works design and checking, and reviewing permanent designs for compliance and buildability.

Qualifications & experience

• Principles and knowledge of applicable design standards.
• An Incorporated Engineer (IEng) or working towards Chartered Engineer status (CEng) with an equivalent level of experience.
• Enjoy applying first principles thinking to real-world construction challenges, combining a keen eye for detail with sound engineering judgement, a focus on safety, buildability, sustainability and a flair for innovation and creative problem-solving.
• Have experience of temporary works design and/or management, or other practical construction experience.
• Have strong organisational and communication skills, and enjoy working as part of collaborative teams.
• Want to join a top-25 engineering consultancy, recognised as one of Glassdoor's 50 best places to work.

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.

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.

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