Senior Highways & Drainage Engineer

Kier Group plc.; Wells; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Disability Confident employer

Flexible working

Training and development

Job summary

Kier Group plc in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Highways and Drainage Engineer to join our team and lead a range of projects across highways and drainage design, temporary works and related technical services. The role offers agile working and the chance to influence delivery from concept through to completion.

You'll work within a 100-strong team on hundreds of projects, supporting bids, preconstruction, and construction stages, with opportunities for professional development and

Qualifications

• Incorporated Engineer (IEng) or working towards Chartered Engineer status (CEng).
• Experience in highways and drainage engineering.
• Experience with temporary works design and delivery.

Responsibilities

• Producing, checking and reviewing design outputs (calculations, drawings, reports) ensuring CDM/SHE/QA compliance.
• Acting as Project Lead for multiple projects, managing scope, programme and budget.
• Developing team capabilities and improving processes to meet current/future challenges.

Skills

Highways design

Drainage design

Temporary works

Project leadership

Tenders & preconstruction

Technical compliance

Education

IEng / CEng (or working towards)

Tools

AutoCAD

3D modelling

Job description

Job Description Senior Highways and Drainage Engineer Were looking for Highways and Drainage 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 Sector: Working across all sectors of the built environment Join us as a Senior Highways and Drainage 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. Are you..., drainage temporary works design and checking, reviewing permanent designs for compliance and buildability, supporting tenders and preconstruction planning, and providing technical support to overcome construction-stage and post-construction issues and defects.

Main responsibilities

• Producing, checking and reviewing design outputs such as calculations, sketches, drawings, 3D models, reports and risk assessments, ensuring compliance with CDM, SHE, EA 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.

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.

Practically-minded, with a strong grounding in highways and drainage engineering principles and knowledge of applicable design standards? An Incorporated Engineer (IEng) or working towards Chartered Engineer status (CEng) with an equivalent level of experience? Do you... 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 a one of Glassdoor's 50 best places to work? What will you be responsible for? Leading the delivery of a broad range of construction engineering services, including some or all of: highways and