Join Our Team as a Senior Drainage Engineer!
Are you ready to make a significant impact in the world of water infrastructure? We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Drainage Engineer specializing in water, flooding, and drainage to join our dynamic Water and Drainage team in Exeter. In this pivotal role, you'll lead a variety of design projects, ensuring they meet established standards, deadlines, and budget requirements. A full driving license is essential for this position.
Can you envision a future without resilient water infrastructure? Neither can we! At Kier, we are committed to enhancing water quality and flood resilience, delivering sustainable infrastructure solutions that are vital to the UK. Join our team, where we collaborate brilliantly to protect communities and support a more sustainable future.
Location
Exeter - some remote working available, with travel to the office required.
Contract
Permanent Full-time
Salary
£43,000 - £46,000 + private healthcare + benefits
Your Responsibilities
As a Senior Drainage Engineer, you will leverage your specialist expertise in drainage while also drawing on your knowledge of water utilities and Lead Local Flood Authority (LLFA) requirements. Your role will be crucial in delivering high-impact, meaningful projects.
Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:
* Leading technically challenging projects, elements, and solutions.
* Applying the latest design standards and lessons learned to projects.
* Identifying risks and clearly communicating impacts, while recommending options and mitigation strategies.
* Conducting site visits and investigation activities.
* Delivering projects according to established programmes and promptly raising issues that may affect commercial performance.
What We’re Looking For
This role is perfect for you if you have:
* A Civil Engineering degree or a similar combination of qualifications and/or experience.
* Membership with a relevant engineering body.
* A valid CSCS card.
Rewards and Benefits
We take pride in offering our brilliant team a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Join us and enjoy:
* Competitive salary and private healthcare.
* Flexible working arrangements.
* Opportunities for professional growth and development.
Diversity and Inclusion
At Kier, making our workplace diverse and inclusive is a top priority. We are proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know there is always more to do. Our employees play a key role in shaping our diversity and inclusion initiatives, using their experiences to influence our policies.
As a Disability Confident employer, we ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.
Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check. We treat applicants with convictions on a case-by-case basis and do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history.
We look forward to seeing your application and welcoming you to our team at Kier!