Engineering Manager
Posting date: | 24 July 2025 |
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Hours: | Full time |
Closing date: | 07 August 2025 |
Location: | TA5 1UD |
Company: | Kier Group |
Job type: | Permanent |
Job reference: | 7680 |
Summary
Location: Site based, Bridgwater, Somerset
Hours: Permanent, Full Time
What will you be responsible for?
As an Engineering Manager, you'll be working to assist us on what is one of UK's largest construction projects. You will report to the Project Director in all aspects of Engineering Management in Pre-construction and Project support.
Your day to day will include:
-Tenders and ECI - early involvement; temporary works design / advice.
-Technical Lead for - client contact and liaison; ECI; tender optioneering; design meetings; site teams permanent and temporary works; CDM and HSQE; junior engineer training. First contact for - client technical queries; site teams' technical support.
-Required knowledge - design delivery process; project management process; company procedures and relevant government legislation; design standards and methods; BIM methods and procedures; commercial and risk awareness; contract forms.
-Quality Management - the quality manager will report into the engineering manager and ensure that the works are installed to quality requirements, re-work is prevented and processes are in place to evidence compliance with requirements
-People Management - build strong relationships across the Division and supply chain to achieve compliance; represent the Company on various external forums; undertake project site audits, inspect engineering and design compliance and provide encouragement and advice; provide coaching, training and support as required.
What are we looking for?
This role of Engineering Manager is great for you if:
-Practical knowledge and application of Engineering Management Systems.
-Excellent communication and collaboration skills for meetings, presentations and delivering training and coaching on a one to one, with senior management.
-Analytical thinker and planner with great organisational skills.
-Familiar with Business Intelligence reporting. Passionate about Continual Improvement and Customer Satisfaction
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.
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.
Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.
We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier
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