Senior Highways Design Engineer

We're looking for a Senior Highways Design Engineer to join our National Highways Scheme Delivery Framework team based in Salford within the highways sector. Kier Design are a highly regarded Tier 1 Contractor, with a 750 plus strong design consultancy team, recognised as a Top 30 employer on Glassdoor.

Location: Salford
Hours: 40 - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role

Are you…

• A member of a professional body, IEng / CEng status or working towards
• In possession of a CSCS Card
• Holder of a Full driving licence
• Someone who enjoys collaborative working and building effective relationships
• Committed to delivering innovative solutions with a disciplined and thorough approach

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Highways Design Engineer, you'll be working within the highways design team, supporting them in delivering highways designs, drawings, reports and supporting documentation. This is an exciting opportunity to join our collaborative highways design team, where you'll play a key role in delivering innovative engineering solutions for National Highways projects. You'll contribute to the production of high-quality designs, drawings, and technical documentation while supporting the development of junior colleagues and maintaining strong client relationships. We value your expertise and creativity, offering a supportive environment where your professional growth is encouraged.

Your day to day will include:

• Preparing preliminary and detailed designs in accordance with approved design procedures for local and national authorities
• Producing design drawings and technical documentation that satisfy client's technical specifications
• Conducting on site investigations and analysing data including maps, reports, tests and drawings
• Providing innovative solutions to engineering problems and contributing towards technical excellence across the team
• Overseeing and mentoring junior staff while maintaining good relations with clients and attending meetings as necessary

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

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 initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier

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