We’re looking for a Senior Engineer to join our Design team based in Bristol. Kier Design are a top‑25 engineering consultancy, supporting the delivery of Civil Infrastructure Engineering related services. You will contribute to the delivery of complex services by providing solutions which are safe, buildable, and achieve the clients’ goals.
We believe in building teams around our people rather than squeezing people into teams. We want to help you carve out a role in which you’ll grow and thrive for many years to come. We offer market‑leading development opportunities, support our graduates through the early stages of their careers, enable our people to become professionally qualified, provide management training and qualifications, and support ongoing technical development throughout careers. You can also enjoy competitive annual holiday entitlement, a fantastic matched pension scheme, and a share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans.
Location: Bristol
Hours: 37.5 hours per week – some flexibility on hours available if desired.
What will you be responsible for?
Your Day To Day Will Include
* Reviewing and agreeing technical requirements of the client remit, ensuring it is fully understood, questioning, and challenging where necessary
* Contributing to the development of fee proposals
* Organising and leading the day‑to‑day workload of engineers and technical staff within the Design team, ensuring technical compliance of the design to the remit
* Maintaining compliance with applicable legal requirements and company policies / procedures and where applicable client procedures, including CDM Regulations, the Kier SHE Management System (SHEMS) and design Quality Management System (QMS)
* Contributing to the financial and commercial management of projects such as progress monitoring, change control, and delivering to the agreed programme and budget with the support of the Engineering Manager and Commercial Manager, delivering alternative solutions and value engineering, enhancing Kier's competitive position
What are we looking for?
* Experience in design delivery, including multidisciplinary design, comfortable using your own judgement when managing uncertainty and technical risk, while learning and working in new areas with support from colleagues
* Extensive postgraduate experience in the design of hydraulic structures or / and river engineering, or similar reflecting a level of this role
* Chartered or Incorporated member of a relevant professional institution (e.g., CEng MICE)
* Driving licence to visit various sites and offices
Rewards and Benefits
We’re proud to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information about 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, and we know we must always do more. Our employees shape Kier’s diversity and inclusion initiatives and 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.
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