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Senior Design Engineer
October 27, 2022 | Comments Off on Senior Design Engineer
Location: Basingstoke - remote working available, with travel to the office
Contract: Permanent, Fulltime
Salary: £42k - £50k
Responsibilities
As a Senior Design Engineer you'll be working under broad direction with little supervision, managing own time effectively establishing own milestones, deadlines and team objectives and delegates responsibility to ensure projects are completed in a timely and cost-effective way
Your day to day will include:
- Provide design support to the Team Leader and Design Manager and highways design team(s) overseeing the preparation of technical drawings, specifications and design calculations. Reviewing work of other professional staff and may direct a team and/or a unique element of a project
- Preparation of fee estimates, design programmes, tender and contract documents. Making a positive contribution towards bids and project proposals making suggestions for new areas of work
- Mentoring and coaching members of staff. Actively contributing to the technical excellence in the team and will supervise, assist and/or mentor team members as required with regards to both technical and professional development and is active in maintaining and developing own technical expertise (CPD)
This role of Senior Design Engineer is great for you if:
- Chartered or Incorporated status or working towards
- Detailed working knowledge of practices and procedures in highways design and a strong understanding of CDM regulations
- Competency with Microsoft Office and AutoCAD
If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at to discuss and arrange these.
Benefits 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. Some of our favourites include:
- new and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more
- A huge range of deals and discounts at many your favourite brands
- 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family
- Kier's Green Car Scheme
Who is Kier?
We're made up of six business units, Group Functions, Construction, Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, and as a group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK. Take a look at our sustainability objectives: kier.co.uk/sustainability/
At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.
Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.
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 (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.
You can see more about our D&I action plan here: kier.co.uk/media/6668/di-roadmap-2021.pdf
Closing date: 24 November 2022
Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.
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