Engineer

Kier Group plc; Basingstoke; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy is looking for a Highways Design Engineer in Basingstoke. This role involves delivering innovative highway design solutions and mentoring junior engineers. Ideal candidates will have a Civil Engineering degree, experience in highways design, and knowledge of DMRB/MCHW design standards. The position offers flexibility with remote work and focuses on professional growth, promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace. Join us to shape your career in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Market-leading development opportunities

Flexible working hours

Mentorship and management training

Qualifications

• You hold a Civil Engineering degree or similar qualifications with relevant experience.
• You have experience in highways design with knowledge of DMRB/MCHW design standards.
• You're a member of a relevant professional body.

Responsibilities

• Contributing to technical drawings, specifications, and design calculations.
• Supporting the preparation of fee estimates, design programmes, and tender documents.
• Building and nurturing relationships with clients and stakeholders.
• Managing budgetary, quality, and time frame targets.
• Mentoring junior team members and contributing to technical excellence.

Skills

Civil Engineering Graduate

Highways Design

DMRB/MCHW Design Standards Knowledge

Education

Civil Engineering degree or similar

Job description

We're looking for aHighways Design Engineer to join our Highways team based in Basingstoke. KierDesign are a top-25engineering consultancy, delivering a wide range of services across all sectors of the built environment, providing construction-focused, innovative and sustainable solutions. We have preferential access to Kier's £11bn+ project pipeline, including mega projects like High Speed 2 and Hinkley Point C, frameworks with national and local government and other public bodies, and a range of other interesting projects in every sector of the built environment.

We believe in building teams around our people, rather than squeezing people into our teams, we want to help you carve out a role in which you'll grow and thrive for many years to come. Offering market-leading development opportunities, supporting our graduates through the early stages of their careers, enabling our people to become professionally qualified, providing management training and qualifications, and supporting ongoing technical development throughout our people's careers. Actively promoting, so you can keep pushing and stretching yourself.

Location: Basingstoke, Hampshire - remote working available, with occasional 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.

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

What will you be responsible for?

As aHighways Design Engineer, you'll be working within the Highways Design team, supporting them in delivering innovative and effective highway design solutions.

Your day to day will include:

• Contributing to technical drawings, specifications and design calculations while providing guidance to junior colleagues
• Supporting the preparation of fee estimates, design programmes and tender documents
• Building and nurturing relationships with clients and stakeholders
• Managing your own budgetary, quality and time frame targets
• Mentoring junior team members and actively contributing to technical excellence

What are we looking for?

This role ofHighways Design Engineer is great for you if:

• You hold a Civil Engineering degree or similar qualifications with relevant experience
• You have experience in highways design with knowledge of DMRB/MCHW design standards
• You're a member of a relevant professional body

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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