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Senior Technology Design Engineer

January 25, 2023 | Comments Off on Senior Technology Design Engineer

We are recruiting for a Senior Technology Design Engineer to join our Highways team in Birmingham or Basingstoke to act as a trusted advisor and advocate to the business in respects to engineering and design solutions, highlighting possible efficiency and innovations to analyse problems and develop workable solutions. Within this role, you can enjoy private healthcare, car or car allowance, a competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave and even more.

Location: Birmingham or Basingstoke - remote working available, with travel other offices and sites.

Contract: Permanent, Fulltime.

Salary: £38k - £45k

Responsibilities

As Senior Technology Design Engineer will contribute, complete and if necessary, manage a full technology design package output in line with client requirements, against defined governance and assurance frameworks, process, and procedures.

Your day to day will include:
  • Lead the development of engineering and design solutions for a wide array of ITS projects to be delivered for several different clients
  • Assist and contribute to the flow of information by attending/conducting regular scheme specific meetings to ensure the project teams are updated on relevant objectives/issues regarding the project
  • Proactively highlight issues at an early stage, allowing Technology Design and Engineering to recommend timely mitigations to facilitate designs that are right first time.
Who are we looking for?

This role of Senior Design Engineer is great for you if:
  • Degree or equivalent qualification within a technology bias engineering discipline e.g. communications, electronic/electrical engineering
  • Industry knowledge, experience and understanding essential; specifically relating to highways technology infrastructure and National Highways
  • Full driving licence and ability to travel / overnight stays when required
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
  • One paid professional subscription
  • A fantastic matched pension scheme
  • 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: 22 February 2023

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