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Design Engineer

June 18, 2019 | Comments Off on Design Engineer

Title: Design Engineer Salary and benefits: Competitive salary and company car plus company matched pension upto 7.5% and two share options, plus numerous retails rewards and up to 10% off new Kier homes Location: Birmingham Business area: Kier Professional Services Introduction: Kier Professional Services (KPS), the engineering consultancy division of Kier Group, is looking to recruit a Design Engineer to join our Birmingham office. Kier Professional Services (KPS) are an exclusive in-house resource, providing readily available expert advice to support understanding and resolution of technical project issues in temporary and permanent works. KPS are able to quickly mobilise resources to support project delivery and consistently deliver a dependable design service for buildability and safety. We have a large team of experienced professionally qualified engineers, with a wide variety of technical knowledge that spans a variety of sectors. We are leaders in the use of BIM and use a variety of innovative software solutions to assist with feasibility, optioneering and buildability reviews of a project. KPS also provide surveying capabilities and dedicated material and geotechnical advice. Job Purpose: Contribute to the delivery of a broad range of complex Civil & Structural and related services in both Temporary and Permanent Works throughout the Kier business; providing solutions which are safe and buildable (in both their temporary and permanent states), above all other considerations. Key Responsibilities:
  • Permanent Works design for buildings, highways, housing and infrastructure, as part of an integrated design and construct offering
  • Temporary Works design and checking, above and below ground in all materials
  • Tender and bid winning support including outline design schemes, feasibility studies, production and evaluation of concepts; focussed on buildability, efficiency and innovation; enabling cost estimates to be developed
  • Delivery of alternative solutions and value engineering
  • Technical assessment and review of 3rd Party designs, ensuring compliance with the brief to meet client and Kier requirements
  • Provision of a technical help desk, providing engineering expertise and technical advice
  • Resolution of technical project, construction and design issues, incidents, defects and failures; incident investigation, examining causes of failure, rectification analysis, review, advice and redesign
    • Key Skills and Qualifications:
  • Progression towards membership of a professional institution (e.g. ICE, IStructE) or able to demonstrate the required capability to attain such a qualification retrospectively
  • Five years relevant postgraduate experience
  • Full driving licence
  • Valid CSCS card
  • Flexible approach to work activities
    • Make the journey. Leave a legacy. Being part of Kier means living our values of being collaborative, enthusiastic and forward thinking. We all have the potential to shape our world, and it's through these values that we will leave a lasting legacy. Bring your talent and ambition to Kier and you will be given the scope and opportunity to invest in your own future, to build your expertise and contribute to a rich and diverse culture. Kier is an inclusive employer.


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