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We're looking for an Associate Engineer to join our Design team based in Birmingham. Kier Design are a top-25 engineering consultancy, delivering a wide range of services across all sectors of the built environment, providing construction-focused, innovative and sustainable solutions. We have preferential access to Kier's £11bn+ project pipeline, including mega projects like High Speed 2 and Hinkley Point C, frameworks with national and local government and other public bodies, and a range of other interesting projects in every sector of the built environment.
Our 100-strong Construction Engineering capability brings together a team of talented civil, structural and geotechnical engineers from a range of backgrounds, combining complex analysis, spatial design and an eye for the practical to deliver buildable solutions on site. We specialise in reimagining permanent designs to make them more buildable, designing temporary works and traffic management solutions, advising on procedural management, construction materials, ground engineering and surveying.
We believe in building teams around our people, rather than squeezing people into our teams. We want to help you carve out a role in which you'll grow and thrive for many years. We offer market‑leading development opportunities, supporting our graduates through the early stages of their careers, enabling our people to become professionally qualified, providing management training and qualifications, and supporting ongoing technical development throughout your career. We actively promote a culture of growth.
Within this role you can enjoy competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy leave, a fantastic matched pension scheme, a share in the success you help create via Kier’s Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans, and more.
Location
Birmingham
Hours
40 hours per week – some flexibility on hours available if desired.
What will you be responsible for?
As an Associate Engineer, you'll be working within the Construction Engineering team, supporting Kier in delivering a broad range of complex construction engineering services, leading the delivery of some services, and providing solutions that are safe and buildable.
Your Day To Day Will Include
* Agreeing technical requirements of the client remit, ensuring it is fully understood, questioning and challenging where necessary, leading the development of fee proposals, organising and leading the day‑to‑day workload of engineers and technical staff, ensuring technical compliance of design to the remit, and compliance with applicable legal requirements and company policies, including CDM Regulations, Kier SHE Management System (SHEMS) and Design Quality Management System (QMS).
* Overseeing and contributing to the production of design deliverables, including calculations, drawings, reports and design risk assessments, identifying and assessing technical opportunities for value engineering, implementing them with suitable approval, developing positive relationships with client / design / site teams, leading project and progress meetings, managing the financial and commercial aspects with support of Engineering Manager and Commercial Manager, and monitoring progress against agreed programme and budget.
* Providing leadership to direct and indirect reports, supporting Engineering Manager and Head of Construction Engineering, implementing and complying with Kier policies, conducting staff inductions and performance reviews for direct reports, managing team workload, ensuring timely completion and submission of timesheets, reviewing timesheets and approving time off for direct reports, recognising, promoting and encouraging best practice, building a culture of excellence, acting as an ambassador for Kier Design.
* Understanding the social, cultural, global and environmental responsibilities of the professional engineer, recognising the need for sustainable development, staying abreast of design developments in health & safety, innovation, sustainability and diversity, maintaining continuing professional development, improving skills in management and/or a design/technical/professional specialism, maintaining membership of a professional body, contributing to forums and industry best practice groups, developing own digital competency, and encouraging and assisting staff development.
* Maintaining relationships with peers to ensure transfer of knowledge/skills, promoting the engineering profession, taking on a supervisory Civil Engineer or equivalent role, developing and reviewing engineering methods and software, including design or assessment spreadsheets and calculation templates for Kier Design, aiming to increase overall quality and efficiency, and marketing Kier Design competencies to generate new or repeat business.
What are we looking for?
This role is great for you if you are:
* Chartered member of relevant professional institutions (e.g. CEng, MICE) with practical industry relevant experience.
* Working in a similar role with significant relevant experience at this level.
Rewards and Benefits
We offer a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. More information is available at our benefits page.
Diversity and Inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a high priority. Our employees shape our diversity and inclusion initiatives, and we have a robust action plan.
We look forward to seeing your application to join the construction revolution. #joinkier
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