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Drainage Design Engineer
August 18, 2023 | Comments Off on Drainage Design Engineer
Can you imagine a world without roads or bridges? Nor can we! Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Highways and make a difference. Connecting roads, connecting people.
Location: Exeter, with some site visits required and hybrid working available Contract: Permanent, Full-time (Part-time available if desired, just let us know)
Salary: £36k - £40k + 26 days of annual leave + Benefits
Responsibilities
As a Drainage Design Engineer, you'll provide technical design solutions to agreed standards, programme, and budget on various projects across the UK, within Kier Highways Design Solutions. Current contracts include Local Authority, National Highways Area & Regional Contracts particularly Major Projects A66 NTP and M6 Emergency Laybys.
Your day to day will include:
- Identifying the root cause of the client's issue. Analysis of existing data and requesting further surveys to build a clear understanding of the problem
- Developing solutions through various modelling and calculation exercises to prove the validity of any proposals
- Producing high quality deliverables, such as drainage reports and flood risk assessments, to enable the project to be built and meet its objectives
Who are we looking for?
This role, of Drainage Design Engineer, is great for you if you have:
- Proven experience of progressing technically sound designs that meet design standards and address the objectives of the project
- Experience of successfully delivering in accordance with quality management systems and client processes
- Experience of working for various clients including National Highways and Local Authorities
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
- 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
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: 15 September 2023
Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.
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