We're looking for an Assistant Engineer to join our Design team based in Salford. Within this role, you can enjoy competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave, a fantastic, matched pension scheme, a share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans and even more
Location: Salford, Greater Manchester
Hours: 37.5 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us
What will you be responsible for?
As an Assistant Engineer, you'll be working within the Civil Engineering team, supporting them in producing highways designs, drawings, reports and supporting documentation in accordance with the brief, timescales and budgetary allocation.
Your day to day will include:
* Producing and checking coordinated drawings, design models, schedules and specifications within a quality assurance environment, checking and coordinating civil and structural design information with other technical disciplines, visiting building sites, carrying out site surveys and inspections, visiting other Kier, consultant, and client offices on occasions to attend meetings
* Preparing preliminary and detailed designs in accordance with approved design procedures for local and national authorities, supporting the engineers & senior engineers within the design team on various design duties including but not limited to, production of design schedules, health, safety and welfare contract documentation in accordance with the construction, design & management regulations 2015 and production of design drawings
* Assisting in the delivery of technical and feasibility studies satisfying client's technical specifications, assessment of potential risks, materials, and costs, complying with Kier's & client's guidelines and regulations including permits, safety etc
* Delivering technical files and other technical documentation as required, conducting on site investigations and analyse data (maps, reports, tests, drawings and other)
* Contributing towards technical excellence and innovation across the team, assisting in the provision of innovative solutions to engineering problems
What are we looking for?
This role of Assistant Engineer is great for you if:
* You hold relevant professional qualifications
* Competent and a strong working knowledge of civil engineering design software e.g AutoCAD
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 .
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