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Senior Engineer

September 16, 2022 | Comments Off on Senior Engineer

We're looking for a Senior Engineer to join our Highways Structures team based in Cambridge to produce CAD deliverables including drawings, bar bending schedules and drawing registers for bridge structures projects on time, within budget and to the agreed standards.

You will be contributing to value management / engineering to support Principal Engineers and Project Managers in ensuring that schemes are delivered with innovation. Develop talent within the team by coaching and mentoring Engineers, Technicians and Graduates and supporting their technical career development aspirations Within this role, you can enjoy private healthcare, a competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave, a fantastic matched pension scheme and even more.

Location: Waterbeach, Cambridge - remote working available, with travel to the office

Contract: Permanent, Fulltime

Salary: £38k - £46k

Responsibilities

As Senior Engineer, you will be undertaking services within an engineering environment which may include, scheme investigation, site and structure inspections, data collection and analysis, feasibility studies, preliminary and detailed design, preparation of tender documents, works/construction inspection and supervision to progress scheme design, development and construction.

Your day to day will include:

  • Delivery of technical outputs of project teams
  • Acting as Lead Designer on work undertaken by the team
  • Contributing to technical excellence and innovation across the team
Who are we looking for?

This role of Senior Engineer is great for you if have:

  • A degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline
  • Chartered / incorporated member of a relevant professional institution (MICE/MIStructE or equivalent) or possess equivalent experience
  • Demonstrable broad in-depth experience in inspection, assessment, design and construction of highway structures to UK standards
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 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
  • Share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans.
  • 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family
  • Kier's Green Car Scheme
  • A huge range of deals and discounts at many your favourite brands
And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website: www.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: https://www.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: https://www.kier.co.uk/media/6668/di-roadmap-2021.pdf

Closing date: 14 October 2022

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

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