Senior Engineer in Winchester

Energy Jobline ZR; Winchester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Design is seeking a Senior Engineer to join our team and lead construction engineering services across diverse projects. The role focuses on temporary works design, design management and technical assessments, with a strong emphasis on delivering safe, buildable designs and fostering collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.

You will mentor colleagues, manage workloads, and maintain high standards of technical quality while supporting business objectives and client satisfaction within

Qualifications

• Incorporated member of a professional institution (e.g. IEng MICE) with demonstrable experience.
• Experience leading the delivery of construction engineering services including temporary works design, design management and technical assessments.
• Strong communication skills and ability to build relationships with clients and multidisciplinary teams.
• Commitment to CPD and promoting best practice within engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of temporary works design, tender support and design management across projects.
• Manage workloads of engineers and technical staff, ensuring technical compliance and quality of deliverables.
• Act as the lead representative at project meetings, maintaining client relationships and ensuring contractual obligations.
• Oversee financial and commercial aspects of projects, monitor progress against programme and budget.
• Provide leadership, conduct performance reviews and mentor staff within Kier Design.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Project management

Mentoring

Education

Professional engineering membership (IEng/MICE)

Job description

Job Description

We're looking for a Senior Engineer to joinour Kier Design team based in various locations. Kier Design are a highly regarded Tier 1 Contractor, with a 750 plus strong design consultancy team, recognised as a Top 30 employer on Glassdoor. 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.

Location: 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 - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

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

Are you…

• An incorporated member of a relevant professional institution (e.g. IEng MICE) with demonstrable experience, or have significant experience in construction engineering
• Experienced in leading the delivery of construction engineering services including temporary works design, design management, and technical assessments
• Confident in managing projects, ensuring compliance with applicable regulations and quality management systems
• A strong communicator who enjoys building positive relationships with clients and multidisciplinary teams
• Committed to continuous professional development and promoting best practice within the engineering profession

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Engineer, you'll be working within the engineering team, supporting them in delivering a broad range of construction engineering services. We're seeking a talented Senior Engineer to join our engineering team, where you'll lead the delivery of construction engineering services across a variety of projects. This is an opportunity to contribute to innovative solutions, support collaborative project teams, and play a key role in ensuring that our designs are safe, buildable, and meet the highest standards. You'll be working in a supportive environment where your expertise will enhance our reputation for engineering excellence, while helping to develop and mentor others in the team.

Your day to day will include:

• Leading the delivery of temporary works design, tender support, alternative solutions, and design management advice across projects
• Managing day-to-day workloads of engineers and technical staff, ensuring technical compliance and quality of design deliverables
• Acting as the lead representative at project meetings, developing positive relationships with clients and ensuring contractual obligations are met
• Overseeing the financial and commercial aspects of projects, monitoring progress against programme and budget
• Providing leadership to your team, conducting performance reviews, managing workloads, and supporting the development of staff within Kier Design

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.

and

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 and 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. As a 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.