Senior Engineer
About the job
We're looking for a Senior Engineer to join our Transportation team based in London/Birmingham/Manchester. Are you ready to lead on some of the UK's most high-profile infrastructure projects? Join Kier's Structures Design Team and make a direct impact on National Highways Major Projects, National Highways SDF, TfL, Northamptonshire, South Wales Trunk Road Agency Contract (SWTRA) and many more contracts.
Imagine a world without transport—no roads, no boats, no flights. Hard to picture, right? We feel the same. At Kier Transportation, your journey matters to us. Join our team as we work brilliantly together to keep people, goods, and services moving, making a real impact every day.
Location: London/Birmingham/Manchester - remote working available, with travel to the office required
Hours: 37.5 hours per week – some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us
Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 per year + private healthcare + benefits
What will you be responsible for?
As a Senior Engineer, you'll manage and be responsible for the delivery of technical outputs of projects or a project portfolio to the meet the client's brief within time and budget.
Your day to day will include:
- Lead design activities on major infrastructure schemes from feasibility to detailed design and delivery
- Oversee and manage the output of technical project teams, ensuring quality and efficiency
- Carry out structural inspections, data analysis, and engineering reports for highway structures
- Support and mentor junior engineers and contribute to technical innovation and team development
What are we looking for?
This role of Senior Engineer is great for you if you have:
- A degree (or equivalent) in civil or structural engineering
- Experience designing highway structures to UK standards and Eurocodes
- Working towards or fully chartered with ICE, IStructE or equivalent
- 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.
We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier
