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Senior Design & Technical Manager – Education Sector

May 4, 2022 | Comments Off on Senior Design & Technical Manager – Education Sector

At Kier we believe that - wherever we can, whether office or site-based - we should embrace an agile/flexible approach to working. We are proud to offer our employees the opportunity, where we can, to do this. Please don't hesitate to ask during the recruitment process around agile working and flexibility - We'll do our best to support you.

Job Title: Senior Design & Technical Manager - Education Sector

Location: This is an agile, national role offering home working along with travel to various sites and offices
Business area: Kier Construction - Clients & Markets
Contract: Permanent, full time.

Benefits: You can expect a competitive salary and an outstanding package that includes a company car or allowance, private healthcare, a matched pension scheme up to 7.5%, 26 days' annual leave + bank holidays (with the opportunity to buy or sell holiday) together with two employee Share Scheme options (Sharesave and Share Incentive Plan). To find out more about the rewards and benefits at Kier, click here.

Looking to make the next step in your career?

It's an exciting time to join Kier Construction! We are recruiting for a forward-thinking Senior Design & Technical Manager to join our team and play a leading role in the delivery of our ambitious growth agenda.

Key Responsibilities

A key role within our 'Clients & Markets' team, providing cross discipline design and technical guidance and support to the wider Kier Education and business unit teams, in tendering for and delivering educational projects whether procured by the DfE, Local Authorities or other procuring bodies. Ensuring that our designs are fully compliant, complete and to a high quality fully coordinated and offering best value for money.

Managing the continuing development for our KSchool21 design platform, providing a best practise design solution that is both standardised yet flexible to each project's constraints. Ensuring robust lessons learnt and knowledge sharing from each project and a continual feedback improvement loop, thus ensuring high quality repeatable outcomes for all of our projects.

Reporting directly to our Education Sector Lead and with responsibilities to our Head of Technical, Design and Innovation, collaborating with Kier Education's Cost Planners, Bid Writers and building performance lead and maintaining key relationships with both our in house design business and selected external design consultants.

What do we need from you?

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: 01/06/2022

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

Recruitment agencies - we are unable to accept unsolicited CVs and communications from external recruiters. The recruitment team will engage with agencies who have signed up to our PSL should we require assistance. For further information, visit our
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