Engineer (Birmingham)

We're looking for an Engineer to join our Design team based in London / Birmingham / Manchester. 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. 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: London / Birmingham / Manchester - 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 an Engineer, you'll be working within the Design Team, supporting them in delivering highways structures maintenance and new-build schemes to meet client requirements within time and budget. Working on exciting highways projects across National Highways, TfL, and regional contracts. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your career in a supportive environment that values innovation, collaboration, and professional growth.

Your day to day will include:

• Producing technical designs, drawings, and documentation using the latest software for bridge and highway structures projects
• Supporting the Lead Engineer in managing scheme delivery from feasibility through to construction inspection
• Undertaking site visits, structure inspections, and gathering essential project data
• Contributing to technical excellence and innovation, including value engineering solutions
• Mentoring and supporting the development of technicians and graduates within the team

What are we looking for?

This role of Engineer - Structures is great for you if:

• You hold a degree or HNC/HND in Civil Engineering and approaching or Chartered / incorporated member of a relevant professional institution (MICE/MIStructE or equivalent)
• You have demonstrable experience in the inspection, assessment, design, and construction of highway structures to UK standards
• You're proficient with relevant design software and have experience working with Eurocodes in the design of highway structures
• You hold a valid driving licence and are comfortable with occasional site visits
• You're a collaborative team player who enjoys building strong relationships and sharing knowledge with others

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.