Senior Temporary Works Engineer

Kier Group; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group’s Kier Design team seeks a Senior Temporary Works Engineer to lead innovative temporary works design across multiple sites. You’ll work closely with multidisciplinary teams, mentoring others and shaping technical standards across the organisation, contributing to safe, buildable solutions on complex projects.

The role offers agile working with location flexibility across Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich and Plymouth, and

Qualifications

• Incorporated member of a relevant professional institution or demonstrable equivalent experience.
• Experience in temporary works design and checking across materials.
• Ability to lead design solutions and assess third-party designs.
• Capable of managing project workloads and ensuring policy compliance.
• Committed to continuous professional development and maintaining professional membership.

Responsibilities

• Lead temporary works design and checking with integration to permanent works where applicable.
• Provide tender and bid support with outline schemes, feasibility studies and value engineering.
• Manage technical aspects of projects, ensuring CDM compliance and Kier QM System.
• Build strong relationships with clients and design teams, representing Kier at meetings.
• Mentor and develop Kier Design staff, promoting engineering standards and knowledge transfer.

Skills

Professional membership

Temporary works design

Design leadership

Project workload management

CPD commitment

Job description

We're looking for a Senior Temporary Works Engineer to join our 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 Temporary Works 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

We're seeking a skilled engineer to lead the delivery of construction engineering services, providing solutions which are safe and buildable. This is an opportunity to contribute to complex projects whilst working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams. You'll play a key role in supporting our clients and enhancing our reputation for delivering innovative, engineered outcomes. This position offers the chance to develop your expertise whilst mentoring others and shaping technical standards across the organisation.

Are you...

• An incorporated member of a relevant professional institution (e.g. IEng MICE) with significant relevant experience, or have demonstrable relevant experience in the field
• Experienced in temporary works design and checking, above and below ground in all materials
• Able to lead the development of design solutions and provide technical assessment of third party designs
• Capable of managing project workloads and ensuring compliance with legal requirements and company policies
• Committed to continuous professional development and maintaining membership of a professional body

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Temporary Works Engineer, you'll be working within the Kier Design team, supporting them in delivering construction engineering services across a broad range of projects. We're seeking a skilled engineer to lead the delivery of construction engineering services, providing solutions which are safe and buildable. This is an opportunity to contribute to complex projects whilst working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams. You'll play a key role in supporting our clients and enhancing our reputation for delivering innovative, engineered outcomes. This position offers the chance to develop your expertise whilst mentoring others and shaping technical standards across the organisation.

Your day to day will include:

• Leading temporary works design and checking, integrated with permanent works design as applicable
• Providing tender and bid winning support including outline design schemes, feasibility studies and value engineering solutions
• Managing technical aspects of projects, ensuring compliance with CDM Regulations and Kier's Quality Management System
• Developing positive relationships with clients and design teams, representing Kier at project meetings
• Mentoring and developing staff within Kier Design, promoting the engineering profession and maintaining knowledge transfer

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.