Principal Engineer

Kier Group plc; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy in the UK is seeking a Major Projects Team Lead to oversee MEP design for complex projects. This role demands a Chartered Engineer with a background in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering and proven experience in team leadership and client engagement. The ideal candidate will communicate technical concepts effectively and drive performance within a multidisciplinary team. Opportunities for professional development and a supportive workplace culture are offered.

Benefits

Competitive holiday entitlement

Matched pension scheme

Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans

Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Chartered Engineer with significant experience in engineering leadership.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts effectively.
• Experience in driving sustainable performance within a multi-discipline team.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and coordinate MEP design for large construction projects.
• Maintain strategic client relationships and manage team metrics.
• Ensure compliance and quality in the design delivery process.

Skills

Chartered Engineer

Communication skills

Team leadership

Technical expertise in MEP design

Education

Degree in Mechanical Building Services or Electrical Engineering

Job description

We're looking for a Major Projects Team Lead to join our Design team based in Gerrards Cross / Speke. Kier Design are a top‑25 engineering 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. We offer market‑leading development opportunities, support our graduates through the early stages of their careers, enable our people to become professionally qualified, provide management training and qualifications, and support ongoing technical development throughout our people's careers. Actively promoting you so you can keep pushing and stretching yourself. Within this role you can enjoy competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy 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 more.

Location: Gerrards Cross / Speke Hours: 40 hours per week – some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

What will you be responsible for?

As Major Projects Team Lead, you'll be working within the Mechanical, Electrical and Technology team, overseeing and coordinating the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) design for large, complex construction projects, acting as the central point for technical excellence, team leadership, client liaison, and ensuring sustainable, compliant, and cost‑effective design delivery from concept through to construction, bridging client needs with engineering reality.

Your day to day will include:

• Supporting the Head of Service in the management of the business, working together with the Electrical and Mechanical Team Leaders to coordinate solutions for all allocated works, including major and minor new builds, refurbishments and minor works.
• Developing and maintaining strategic and key client relationships with internal and external clients, managing utilisation and achieving monthly/annual metrics for the teams within the service line agreed targets.
• Delivering quality output and developing the team, effectively managing team utilisation levels, identifying and implementing necessary steps in balancing team capabilities and resource levels with available workload, setting, monitoring and maintaining standards for quality of product delivery, aligning all aspects of delivery to standard industry practices.
• Overseeing designs and advice including feasibility, multi‑stage designs, and condition reports, liaising with other teams within Kier both within own discipline and other disciplines over all matters requiring coordination to achieve effective delivery, maintaining a programme of CPD events to retain up‑to‑date competence/capability of the team.
• Maintaining effective and regular communication to management on all matters affecting output, progress, cost and risks, playing an active part in business development, including production of fees and quality responses supporting bid submissions, preparation of presentation materials, attendance at interviews and client meetings, bringing new business to the service line, developing new clients and winning work opportunities.

What are we looking for?

This role of Major Projects Team Lead is great for you if:

• Chartered Engineer and member of CIBSE or IET, with a Degree in Mechanical Building Services or Electrical Engineering, plus significant experience demonstrating the capability to fulfil the accountabilities of the role.
• Managing and driving a multi‑discipline technical/engineering team with a proven track record of driving sustainable performance against challenging business targets.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts into more readily understood information suitable for a wider business audience, an understanding of the application of quality procedures and document control in engineering design.
• Ability to pass the BPSS (Baseline Personnel Security Standard) requirements.

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.

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.

We look forward to seeing your application to join the construction revolution and join Kier.