We're looking for a Senior Engineer to join our team based in Exeter, Ipswich, or Salford.
Location: Exeter, Ipswich, or Salford - remote working available, with occasional travel to the office required.
Hours: 40 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 a Senior Engineer, you'll be working within the Design team, supporting them in delivering coordinated and sustainable engineering solutions. You'll be delivering high-quality, compliant, and sustainable drainage and water solutions across a range of exciting projects. Working under the Design Team Leader, you'll take ownership of design packages whilst ensuring programme, budget, and risk commitments are met. This role also offers the opportunity to mentor and support early-career engineers, helping to shape the technical capability of our growing team.
Your day to day will include:
Leading the technical delivery of drainage and water design packages across building, development, transportation, or flood management projects Managing programme, budget, and risk commitments for your work packages, escalating issues where needed Collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams and stakeholders to ensure integrated and efficient design delivery Providing line management and mentoring to graduates or apprentices, supporting their technical development Contributing to continuous improvement of team practices, standards, and delivery quality
What are we looking for?
This role of Senior Engineer – Drainage and Water is great for you if:
You have demonstrated experience delivering drainage and water design packages with a high degree of technical autonomy You're confident managing the technical delivery of work packages, including programme awareness, cost control, and proactive risk management You enjoy working collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams and engaging effectively with stakeholders You have a track record of producing high-quality, compliant engineering outputs in line with relevant standards and regulations You hold a full driving licence and are willing to travel as required
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.
We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.
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