Senior Engineer

Kier Group plc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 56,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group plc in Southampton is seeking a Senior Engineer to join our regional build team. The role involves planning and delivering structures work across contracts, with remote working available and travel to the office as required.

You will work with Contracts and Programme Managers to keep projects on schedule, attend meetings, monitor programmes, manage client KPIs, and ensure health and safety documentation is up to standard.

Qualifications

• HNC or equivalent in Civil Engineering with SMSTS or SSSTS.
• Experience in traffic management, highways environments, rail or London Underground projects.
• Ability to manage multiple schemes and projects simultaneously.
• Full driving licence to visit depots and sites.

Responsibilities

• Plan works and inspections with Contracts Manager and Programme Manager to meet KPIs.
• Attend meetings and provide programme updates to keep schedules on track.
• Monitor programmes daily and maintain scheme registers.
• Track KPIs and develop delivery programmes for client approval.
• Review health and safety documents and oversee safety files and certificates.

Skills

Traffic management

Highways environments

Rail projects

London Underground

Driving licence

Education

HNC or equivalent in Civil Engineering

SMSTS or SSSTS qualification

Job description

We're looking for a Senior Engineer to join our regional build team based in Southampton. Location: Southampton - remote working available, with occasional travel to the office required. 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. Join our regional build team as a Senior Engineer, where you'll play a key role in planning and delivering structures work across our contracts. This position offers the chance to work on varied projects, from inspection programming to coordinating maintenance delivery, whilst collaborating with a supportive team in a dynamic environment.

What will you be responsible for?

Your day to day will include:

• Planning works and inspections in collaboration with the Contracts Manager and Programme Manager, ensuring delivery within time frames and contract requirements whilst meeting KPIs.
• Attending internal and external meetings, providing programme updates and working closely with inspectors and engineers to keep project schedules on track.
• Monitoring programmes daily, capturing essential notifications, identifying critical activities for successful delivery and maintaining up-to-date scheme registers.
• Tracking key performance indicators, managing task requests from clients and developing design and build delivery programmes for client approval.
• Reviewing health and safety documentation, ensuring subcontractor risk assessments meet standards and overseeing completion of safety files and certificates.

What are we looking for?

• You hold an HNC or equivalent in Civil Engineering and SMSTS or SSSTS qualification.
• You have experience in traffic management, highways environments, rail or London Underground projects.
• You're comfortable managing multiple schemes and projects simultaneously.
• You hold a full driving licence to visit depots and sites as required.

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.