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Senior Engineer
May 11, 2022 | Comments Off on Senior Engineer
Job Title: Senior Engineer
Location: Flexible working available, where you will be based out of our Birmingham office with home working available and some travel to other offices and sites
Business area: Highways
Contract / Hours: Permanent, Fulltime
Salary: £40k - £50k + Private Healthcare + 26 days annual leave plus bank holiday + Benefits
Every day, 210,000 vehicles travel across the 31,000km of roads, bridges and tunnels that are built, maintained and operated by the team here at Kier Group. It's one of the reasons why we're acknowledged as the UK's No.1 Highways Services team - delivering £1 billion of social value to the six million people and wider communities who rely on our expertise and experience. Can you join our team? Yes, you can - if you want to be valued for who you are as well as what you do, in a company shaping the future.
Kier Highways undertake a very wide variety of roles and activities and a Senior Engineer is required that is a specialist in at least one of the following fields: Highway and Geometric Design, Signs, Road Markings and Lining Design, Traffic Safety Engineering and Road Safety Audits, Pavement Design and Asset Management, VRS Design and Drainage Design.
Successful candidates will have a particular specialism but will also have a robust overall knowledge of the Highway Design field.
Key Responsibilities
As Senior Engineer the main purpose of this role is to deliver designs that are buildable and sustainable. Preparing and overseeing designs in relation to your field of expertise as directed and preparation and checking of technical reports. You will also manage a small team of Engineers to deliver projects in accordance with the clients' brief.
What do we need from you?
- Considerable experience in the detailed design of highway related projects
- Degree in Civil Engineering and professional membership of the ICE/CIHT or similar or working towards professional status
- Knowledge of highways' assets and the appropriate solutions for renewals or improvements.
- A thorough knowledge of National Highways Design Manuals and Specifications
- Experience using quality, environmental and health and safety legislation and management systems, particularly CDM 2015
- Project and programme management, with ability to use MS Project advantageous. Knowledge of MS Word & Excel essential
- Knowledge and experience in using any of the relevant design software: AutoCAD/Civils 3D/MX etc. and understanding of principles of BIM process
- Private healthcare
- A matched pension scheme up to 7.5%, 26 days' annual leave + bank holidays
- Two employee Share Scheme options (Sharesave and Share Incentive Plan).
Kier is committed to creating supportive and inclusive opportunities for all our applicants and employees. We appreciate applicants from all backgrounds and we specifically encourage those from underrepresented communities to apply. Take a look to learn more about our commitments to diversity and inclusion. If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please let us know so we can discuss and arrange these by emailing .
Closing Date: 8th June 2022
Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.
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