Senior Temporary Works Engineer

Kier Group; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 46,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group is seeking a Senior Temporary Works Engineer to join the Kier Design team, supporting a broad UK project portfolio. You will lead temporary works design and checking, coordinating with multidisciplinary teams from concept through delivery.

This role offers hybrid working across multiple locations with 1-2 days at home, a starting salary of £51,000 per year, and opportunities to mentor colleagues and shape technical standards.

Qualifications

• Incorporated member of a relevant professional institution with significant practical experience.
• Experienced in temporary works design and checking, or related construction engineering services.
• Able to lead technical teams and manage project delivery from concept through to completion.
• Confident in developing client relationships and representing the organisation at meetings.
• Passionate about sustainable development and engineering excellence.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of temporary works design and checking, integrated with permanent works design where applicable.
• Provide tender and bid support including outline design schemes, feasibility studies and value engineering solutions.
• Manage technical compliance and quality of design deliverables (calculations, drawings, risk assessments).
• Develop positive relationships with clients and design teams, attending project meetings as lead representative.
• Support team development through mentoring, performance reviews and promoting best practice across the business.

Skills

Temporary works design

Team leadership

Client relationships

Mentoring

Education

Incorporated member of a professional institution (e.g. IEng MICE)

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 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.

Salary:

starting from £51,000 per annum

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

Are you…

• An Incorporated member of a relevant professional institution (e.g. IEng MICE) with significant practical experience
• Experienced in temporary works design and checking, or related construction engineering services
• Able to lead technical teams and manage project delivery from concept through to completion
• Confident in developing client relationships and representing your organisation at meetings
• Passionate about sustainable development and engineering excellence

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 the delivery of 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 compliance and quality of design deliverables, including calculations, drawings and risk assessments
• Developing positive relationships with clients and design teams, attending project meetings as lead representative
• Supporting team development through mentoring, performance reviews and promoting best practice across the business

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.