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Senior Engineer Traffic Signals

November 22, 2022 | Comments Off on Senior Engineer Traffic Signals

A great opportunity for a Senior Engineer - Traffic Signals to join Kier Highways working as part of Kier Highways Design Solutions in a broad versatile role that supports the end-to-end service model, from concept through design to delivery, into maintenance, including support and delivering of ITS / traffic signal projects for both Highways England and Local Authorities. You will assist in the preparation and monitoring of the budget for projects including the planning, monitoring and reporting of project resources and finances. Within this role, you can enjoy private healthcare, a competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave, a company car or car allowance and even more.

Location: Flexible location - Rushden, Birmingham, London. Some home working available, and some travel required to other offices and sites within the UK.

Contract: Permanent, Fulltime

Salary: £37k - £48k

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Design Team Leader - Traffic Signals you'll work within the Technology Lighting and Signals Team supporting activities and tasks through the scoping, development, delivery, construction, maintenance and co-ordination of our portfolio of ITS / traffic signal projects across the business.

Your day to day will include:
  • Prepare and check feasibility studies, appraisal / assessment reports and other written documents
  • Develop designs in accordance with the Client's requirements and relevant design standards to achieve cost effective solutions
  • Produce and check design concepts, design details, drawings specifications and other technical documents
  • Contribute to safe delivery, construction and maintenance of ITS / traffic signal projects through on-site audit, supervision and management
  • Develop and maintain good working relationships with the client and other relevant stakeholders working to develop and maintain high technical standards keeping up to date with client and industry technical updates and changes
Who are we looking for?

This role of Senior Engineer Traffic Signals is great for you if:
  • Educated to HNC/HND/Degree level in a technical/engineering discipline or significant specialist experience in lieu of formal academic qualifications
  • Have extensive experience in traffic signal design
  • Are computer literate and thoroughly conversant with MS office suite and relevant engineering software packages such as AutoCad, KeySignals, Linsig etc.
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk 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
  • fantastic matched pension scheme
  • Life Assurance
  • 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family
And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website: kier.co.uk/careers/rewards-benefits

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: 19 December 2022

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

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