Principal Highways & Drainage Engineer

We're looking for a Principal Highways & Drainage Engineer to join our team based in various locations. Kier Design are a highly regarded Tier 1 Contractor, with a 750 plus strong design consultancy team, recognised as a Top 30 employer on Glassdoor. Join us and become part of one of the UK's leaders in temporary works design and management and construction-related technical services. As part of our 100-strong team, you'll get to work on hundreds of projects across one of the most diverse and high-profile portfolios in the country, with access to Kier's £11bn+ project pipeline – supporting complex construction and major infrastructure schemes from concept through to delivery.

Location: Birmingham / Bristol / Cambridge / Cardiff / Glasgow / Leeds / Liverpool / London / Manchester / Newcastle / Norwich / Plymouth – agile working, with up to 1-2 days per week from home if desired
Hours: 40 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.
Salary: starting from £63,900 per annum

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role

Are you…

• A Chartered member of a relevant professional institution (e.g. CEng MICE) with demonstrable experience at this level, or have significant relevant experience
• Experienced in leading the delivery of complex construction engineering services with a focus on highways and drainage solutions
• Able to provide technical leadership and design management advice across multidisciplinary teams
• Confident in managing projects from remit development through to delivery, including financial and commercial aspects
• Committed to promoting sustainable development and best practice in engineering

What will you be responsible for?

As a Principal Highways & Drainage Engineer, you'll be working within the team, leading the delivery of complex highways & drainage construction engineering services. This is an excellent opportunity to work within a supportive and collaborative environment, where your technical expertise will help shape innovative solutions and drive excellence. You'll play a key role in ensuring safe, buildable designs while contributing to the development of our engineering capabilities. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact and working with a team that values expertise and innovation, we'd love to hear from you.

Your day to day will include:

• Leading temporary works design and checking, with a focus on highways and drainage solutions integrated with permanent works design
• Providing tender and bid winning support including outline design schemes, feasibility studies and value engineering solutions
• Managing day-to-day workloads of engineers and technical staff, ensuring technical compliance and quality standards
• Building positive relationships with clients and design teams, representing Kier at project meetings and acting as the lead technical contact
• Acting as a technical help desk, providing engineering expertise and advice to support understanding
• Monitoring project progress against programme and budget, providing regular reports and early warnings on potential issues

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.

Thank you