Structures Engineer

June 28, 2022 | Comments Off on Structures Engineer

Job Title: Structures Engineer

Location: Penrith

Business area: Highways

Contract / Hours: Permanent, we can offer this role as either full time or part time, please specify in your application.

Salary: £35k FTE + Pension + 26 days holiday (exc. Bank holidays) + benefits

Let's shape a world, together.

We are Kier, one of the UK's leading construction and infrastructure services, working on projects such as Local and Strategic Highways.

We are now recruiting for an experienced Structures Engineer to join our Highways team in Penrith to be a part of the designing and analysing of various structures in the projects that Kier Highways has to offer. Join kier, a company that values you for who you are and what you do

Key Responsibilities

The role of the Structures Engineer is to produce scheme designs, reports and documentation in accordance with specified briefs and in line with the time and budgetary allocations. Carry out structural inspections and undertake structural assessments. Assist in the overall delivery of the workload of the Structures team within the Design Services Structures office including feasibility reports and design checks.

What do we need from you?

  • Ideally, you'll have in the region of 5 years relevant engineering experience and be actively working towards membership of a professional institution such as ICE or I Struct E.
  • This is a perfect opportunity for someone to get professionally qualified (if not already) and develop a career within Kier
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!
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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: 26th July 2022

Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.

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