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Highways Engineer
April 29, 2022 | Comments Off on Highways Engineer
Job Title: Highways Engineer
Location: Flexible working available, where you will be based out of our Rushden/Waterbeach office with home working available and some travel to other offices and sites
Business area: Strategic Highways (Kier Design Services, South)
Contract / Hours: Permanent, Fulltime (37.5hrs/week).
Salary: £36k - £38k + Pension + 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays + Benefits
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 Engineer who lives in Bedford, Northampton or Birningham to join our Highways team in Birmingham, Rushden or Waterbeach office to assist the Senior Engineer in delivery of various highways schemes and leading less experienced team members. Will be also responsible for carrying out own design work for internal and external clients. The work will involve delivery of cost effective and technically sound design solutions for junction design, signage & road markings; pavements design, vehicle restrain systems schemes and road safety improvements in National Highways contracts and for local highway authorities in accordance with the DMRB, SHW, TSRGD, TSM, good practice, contract delivery programmes and budgets.
Key Responsibilities
- Identify and apply appropriate methodologies and standards to produce effective and innovative solutions for the schemes and studies to current standards
- Undertaking site visits for feasibility studies, detailed designs and validation of scheme proposals
- Prepare design calculations and technical drawings using suitable software, including AutoCAD, KeySigns, KeyLines, AutoTrack, Civils 3D
- Minimum 5 years post-graduate experience in highways design
- Experience and knowledge about highways geometry, pavement design, signs & road markings, drainage, vehicle restraint systems
- Clean UK driving license
- A matched pension scheme up to 7.5%, 26 days' annual leave + bank holidays
- Two employee Share Scheme options (Sharesave and Share Incentive Plan).
- 1x professional subscription
Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with criminal convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's criminal record or the details of any offences disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.
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: Friday 27th May 2022
Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.
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