Senior Engineer

Job Summary by the careerbalance.co.uk Team:

111Job Description:

We’re looking for a Senior Engineer to join our Transportation team based in Basingstoke to provide technical support on various Highway design contracts within Kier Design Solutions. Current contracts include Local Authority Highway Works, National Highways, Transport for London & Regional Contracts.

 

Can you envision a world without transportation links by land, sea, or air? Neither can we! Your journey is our journey. Join us at Kier Transportation, where we are working brilliantly together to make a difference, supporting the movement of people, goods, and equipment.

 

Location: Basingstoke, Hampshire – some remote working available, with travel to the office required

Contract: Permanent Fulltime

Salary: £43k – £50k + private healthcare + benefits

 

Responsibilities

As a Senior Engineer, you’ll provide design support to the highways design team(s) and oversee preparation of technical drawings, specifications and design calculations

Your day to day will include:

 

• Reviewing work of other professional staff and may direct a team and/or a unique element of a project
• Preparation of fee estimates, design programmes, tender and contract documents
• Maintain good relations with the Client and other authorities, attending meetings as necessary
• Accountable for own budgetary, quality, safety and time frame targets for projects and will identify and agree any additional work with the Project Manager or client, as appropriate
• Actively promote Health and Safety in the workplace, setting a good example to other employees and ensuring awareness of and compliance with the general Health and Safety responsibilities as set out in the Kier’s Health and Safety Policies.

 

What are we looking for?

This role of Senior Engineer is great if you have:

• Chartered member accreditation or working towards  
• Vast experience in a similar role within construction or highways
• Technical competence and knowledge across multiple highways assets with a detailed working knowledge of relevant DMRB/MCHW design standards

We’re all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don’t tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

 

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.

 

We look forward to seeing your application to join the #constructionrevolution #joinkier

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Location: Basingstoke