Senior Highways & Drainage Engineer – Hybrid Work

Inclusionmaking Kier; Basildon; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier is looking for Senior Highways and Drainage Engineers to join our team across the UK, with locations including Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester and more. Agile working is available, with up to 1-2 days per week from home.

You will lead design outputs, review calculations and drawings, support tenders, and provide technical input for temporary works design and management on major infrastructure projects.

Qualifications

• Experience in producing, checking and reviewing design outputs (calculations, sketches, drawings, 3D models, reports) and ensuring CDM/SHE/QA compliance.
• Strong grounding in highways and drainage engineering principles and applicable design standards.
• Ability to lead multiple projects, manage scope, programme and budgets, and support tenders and preconstruction planning.

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 and the wider team, contributing to continuous improvement of processes and systems.

Skills

Highways engineering

Drainage engineering

Temporary works

Project leadership

Job description

Kier is looking for Senior Highways and Drainage Engineers to join our team across the UK, with locations including Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester and more. Agile working is available, with up to 1-2 days per week from home.

You will lead design outputs, review calculations and drawings, support tenders, and provide technical input for temporary works design and management on major infrastructure projects.