Design Engineer

We’re looking for a Design Engineer to join our Highways team based in Basingstoke. 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.

Can you imagine a world without roads or bridges? Nor can we! Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Highways and make a difference. Connecting roads, connecting people.

Location: Basingstoke, remote working available with travel to the office
Contract: Permanent, Fulltime
Salary: £36k – £40k + 26 days of annual leave + Benefits

Responsibilities

As a Design Engineer, you’ll provide technical support on various Highway design contracts within Kier Design & Technology Services. Current contracts include Local Authority Highway Works, National Highways Area & Regional Contracts particularly Major Projects A66 NTP and M6 Emergency Laybys.

Your day to day will include:

• Preparation of preliminary and detailed designs in accordance with approved design procedures for local and national authorities
• Production of design schedules, Health, Safety and Welfare contract documentation in accordance with the Construction, Design & Management Regulations 2015
• Manage the delivery of small projects or a small programme of work with minimal supervision and contribute towards technical excellence and innovation across the team

Who are we looking for?

This role of Design Engineer is great for you if you:

• Chartered or Incorporated status member accreditation or working towards
• A detailed working knowledge of relevant principles, practices and procedures in Highway Design and good working knowledge of the CDM regulations
• Competency with Microsoft Office and AutoCAD

We’re all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don’t tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk to discuss and arrange these.

And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website: www.kier.co.uk/careers/rewards-benefits

Who is Kier?
We’re made up of six business units, Group Functions, Construction, Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, and as a group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK. Take a look at our sustainability objectives: kier.co.uk/sustainability/

At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.

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 (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

You can see more about our D&I action plan here: kier.co.uk/media/6668/di-roadmap-2021.pdf

Closing date: 22nd March 2023

Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.