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Senior Engineer – Highways
May 31, 2022 | Comments Off on Senior Engineer – Highways
Job Title: Senior Highways Engineer
Location: Flexible working available, where you will be based out of our Saltash Cornwall office with home working available and some travel to other offices and sites
Business Area: Strategic Highways
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £43k - £48k + Private Healthcare + Pension + benefits
We are Kier, one of the UK's leading construction and infrastructure services, working on projects such as Local and Strategic Highways. Kier Group is many things to many people. We're a leading Regional Builder, the UK's No. 1 Highways service team and a Top-Three Utility & Power provider. We're an industry-leader in health and safety at work - and a responsible citizen who adds billions of pounds of social value to the communities where we do business. Above all, we're a team of people built on many backgrounds and experiences, a company that values you for who you are and what you do.
An exciting opportunity has a risen for a Senior Engineer to join the Highways Team in Saltash Cornwall. In this role you will carry out highway scheme identification, study work and prepare detailed designs for maintenance and improvement schemes.
Key Responsibilities
As Senior Engineer you will be required to manage/mentor other staff in the highways design team and stand in for the Team Leader whenever necessary. Other elements of the role will include the need to design and deliver cost effective, buildable and technically sound design solutions for Trunk Road Highway schemes in accordance with the forward programme. You will contribute to the successful delivery of the programme of work by designing, developing and overseeing sound design solutions to meet client requirements within budget and timescale, following Kier processes and procedures as well as any client specific requirements. Carrying out the checking and certifying of design deliverables (including drawings specifications, certificates, reports, and contract documents), and authorising where appropriate.
What do we need from you?
Degree/Higher National Certificate/Diploma in Civil Engineering or equivalent. C Eng/I Eng with appropriate Institution (ICE, CIHT, RGS, CIWEM) is desirable or working towards achieving this. Knowledge of National highways design using DMRB and other Highways England standards. Proficient in the use of AutoCAD and Microsoft Office applications. Hold a CSCS card qualification and have a detailed understanding of health and safety management and the requirements of CDM . Full UK driving licence.
At Kier, we're proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs.
- New and enhanced family friendly policies with 8 weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave and important guidance on the menopause and the support we can offer
- A competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave.
- A fantastic matched pension scheme
- Share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans.
- 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family
- Kier's Green Car Scheme
- A huge range of deals and discounts at many your favourite brands
- And many many more!
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: 28th 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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