We're looking for a Highways Engineer to join our Design – Highways team based in Birmingham/Northampton.
Location:
Birmingham/Northampton – hybrid working with 2 days per week in our office
Hours:
40 hours per week – some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.
Salary:
Starting from £35,000 per annum
Sector:
Design – Highways
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.
We're looking for a Highways Engineer to support the delivery of highway maintenance and improvement schemes from concept through to detailed design. Working alongside the Team Leader and Senior Engineers, you'll contribute to high‑quality, compliant designs, collaborate across disciplines, and develop your technical capability within a supportive, wellbeing‑focused environment.
Are you…
A Highways Engineer with strong experience delivering highway design to DMRB and local authority standards?
Degree‑qualified in Civil / Highways / Transportation Engineering?
CEng or IEng (or working towards) with ICE, CIHT or IHE?
Confident producing design calculations, drawings and contract packages using AutoCAD and highways software?
Knowledgeable in highway geometry, drainage, pavements, signs/markings and VRS?
Do you…
Do you support schemes from feasibility through to detailed design?
Do you develop and assess engineering options, considering safety, buildability and whole‑life value?
Do you collaborate with multidisciplinary teams using Common Data Environments?
Do you undertake site visits and surveys and support technical queries?
Want to work for a highly regarded Main Contractor, recognised as a Top 30 employer on Glassdoor?
What will you be responsible for?
As a Highways Engineer, you'll be working within the Design – Highways team, supporting them in delivering highway schemes from feasibility through to detailed design. Your day to day will include:
Support feasibility, preliminary and detailed highway design to DMRB and local authority standards
Produce technical drawings, calculations and supporting information using AutoCAD and highways design software
Develop and assess engineering options, considering safety, buildability, sustainability and whole‑life cost
Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams using Common Data Environments
Undertake site visits, surveys and provide design support during delivery
Assist with fee estimates, programmes, bids and tender documentation
Maintain effective relationships with clients and stakeholders
Take responsibility for quality, safety, programme and agreed budgets on assigned tasks
What are we looking for?
This role of Highways Engineer is great for you if:
Minimum 5 years' post‑graduate experience in highways design
Degree‑qualified in Civil / Highways / Transportation Engineering
CEng / IEng (or working towards) with ICE, CIHT or IHE
Strong knowledge of highway geometry, pavements, drainage, signs & road markings and VRS (incl. RRRAP)
Experience using AutoCAD, Civils 3D, AutoTrack, MicroDrainage, KeyLines / KeySigns
Sound understanding of CDM, H&S and risk assessments
CSCS card, SMSTS (or equivalent)
Strong communication, organisational and commercial awareness
Full UK driving licence
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.
Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.
We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.