Senior Highways Design Engineer

Kier Group; Salford; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group in Salford is seeking a Senior Highways Design Engineer to join our Highways Design team. You will work on the National Highways Scheme Delivery Framework, producing highways designs, reports and documentation within time and budget.

Applicants should be a member of IEng/CEng or working towards it, with strong Civil Engineering software knowledge (AutoCAD). The role offers a 40-hour week with some flexibility and on-site work in Salford, Greater Manchester.

Qualifications

• Membership of a professional body (IEng / CEng) or working towards.
• Strong working knowledge of civil engineering design software, e.g. AutoCAD.

Responsibilities

• Prepare preliminary and detailed highway designs for local and national authorities, with design procedures and relevant documentation.
• Deliver technical feasibility studies that meet client specifications.
• Assess risks, materials and costs, and prepare design files and regulatory documents as required.
• Contribute to technical excellence and mentor junior staff, ensuring safety and quality standards.
• Maintain good client relations and promote health and safety in the workplace.

Education

Professional body membership (IEng / CEng)

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

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

We believe in building teams around our people, rather than squeezing people into our teams, and we want to help you carve out a role in which you\'ll grow and thrive for many years to come. We offer market-leading development opportunities, supporting our graduates through the early stages of their careers, enabling our people to become professionally qualified, providing management training and qualifications, and supporting ongoing technical development throughout our people\'s careers., we actively promote, so you can keep pushing and stretching yourself.

Location

Salford, Greater Manchester

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 Highways Design 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 deliver 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 report regularly on progress towards milestones, overseeing and mentor 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?

This role of Senior Highways Design Engineer is great for you if:

• 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. 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. 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.