Senior Technology Design Engineer

Kier Group; Blackburn; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group is seeking a Senior Technology Design Engineer to lead highways technology design across ITS, communications and power systems. The role requires ownership from concept to implementation and leadership across multiple teams, ensuring compliance with National Highways standards and governance.

Flexible agile working is available across Manchester, Newcastle, Birmingham or Basingstoke. You will mentor engineers, drive integration across civil, electrical, mechanical and systems

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified in Electrical, Electronic, Communications or Technology Engineering.
• Experience in highways technology design.
• Experience leading design delivery and assurance activities.
• Knowledge of National Highways standards and governance frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of complex technology design (ITS, communications, power) from concept through to implementation.
• Own design outputs, ensuring solutions are buildable, maintainable and right-first-time.
• Act as technical authority within design assurance, leading reviews, checks and gateway approvals.
• Ensure compliance with DMRB, National Highways and industry standards, managing technical risk.
• Provide SME leadership across ITS, communications networks and smart infrastructure systems.
• Drive multidisciplinary integration across civil, electrical, mechanical and systems teams.
• Act as a key technical interface for clients, leading workshops and stakeholder engagement.
• Support programme delivery through reporting on progress, risk and performance.
• Drive continuous improvement, digital engineering and BIM adoption.
• Lead input into bids and develop innovative, compliant and competitive solutions.
• Mentor and develop engineers, building team capability and high-performance culture.

Skills

ITS expertise

Design leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Systems integration

Education

HNC/Degree in Electrical/Electronic/Communications/Technology Engineering

Job description

We're looking for a Senior Technology Design Engineer to join our Technology Design team based in Manchester/Newcastle/Birmingham or Basingstoke.

Location: Manchester/Newcastle/Birmingham or Basingstoke – with agile working opportunity

Hours: 40 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

Starting: from £42,000 per annum

Sector: Mechanical Electrical and Technology – Highways

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

We're looking for a Senior Technology Design Engineer to lead the delivery and assurance of highways technology solutions across major infrastructure programmes.

You’ll act as a technical authority, owning design outputs from concept through to implementation, driving right‑first‑time delivery, and ensuring solutions are compliant, integrated and future‑ready. Working across multidisciplinary teams, you’ll play a key role in delivering ITS, communications and smart infrastructure systems aligned to National Highways standards.

Are you…

• HNC/Degree‑qualified in Electrical, Electronic, Communications or Technology Engineering or equivalent relevant field?
• An experienced highways technology engineer with strong ITS expertise?
• Confident leading design delivery and technical assurance activities?
• Knowledgeable in National Highways standards (e.g. DMRB) and governance frameworks?
• Comfortable acting as a technical authority across complex projects?
• A strong leader who can mentor and develop engineers?

Do you…

• Lead technology design packages across ITS, communications and power systems?
• Take ownership of design outputs from concept through to implementation?
• Drive multidisciplinary integration across civil, electrical and systems teams?
• Lead design assurance, reviews and compliance with governance frameworks?
• Communicate technical risks and solutions clearly to clients and stakeholders?

What will you be responsible for?

As an Senior Technology Design Engineer, you'll be working within the Technology Design team, supporting them in delivering high-quality highways technology design solutions. Your day to day will include:

• Leading the delivery of complex technology design (ITS, communications, power) from concept through to implementation
• Owning design outputs, ensuring solutions are buildable, maintainable and right-first-time
• Acting as technical authority within design assurance, leading reviews, checks and gateway approvals
• Ensuring compliance with DMRB, National Highways and industry standards, managing technical risk
• Providing SME leadership across ITS, communications networks and smart infrastructure systems
• Driving multidisciplinary integration across civil, electrical, mechanical and systems teams
• Acting as a key technical interface for clients, leading workshops and stakeholder engagement
• Supporting programme delivery through reporting on progress, risk and performance
• Driving continuous improvement, digital engineering and BIM adoption
• Leading input into bids and developing innovative, compliant and competitive solutions
• Mentoring and developing engineers, building team capability and high-performance culture

What are we looking for?

This role of Technology Design Engineer is great for you if:

• Are Degree-qualified in Electrical, Electronic, Communications or Technology Engineering
• Have significant experience in highways or infrastructure technology design
• Have proven experience leading design delivery and assurance activities
• Have strong knowledge of National Highways standards and governance frameworks

With technical expertise in:

• ITS infrastructure and systems integration
• Telecommunications and IP networks
• Power and control systems
• Design assurance and approval processes
• Multidisciplinary coordination and systems integration

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.

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.

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case‑by‑case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre‑employment checks.