Senior Engineer
| Posting date: | 05 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 September 2025 |
| Location: | CA11 0DN |
| Company: | Kier Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7873 |
Summary
We're looking for a Senior Engineer to join our Highways Design team based in Penrith. Within this role, you can enjoy competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell 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 even more
Location: Penrith, Cumbria
Hours: 37.5 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 a Senior Engineer , you'll be working within the Civil Engineering team, supporting them on the National Highways Scheme Delivery Framework contract producing highways designs, drawings, reports and documentation in accordance with the brief, timescales and budgetary allocation.
Your day to day will include:
-Preparing preliminary and detailed designs in accordance with approved design procedures for local and national authorities, providing support to the Principal Engineer of the design team on various design duties including but not limited to, producing design schedules, health, safety and welfare contract documentation in accordance with the Construction, Design & Management Regulations 2015 Design drawings and associated documents
-Delivering technical and feasibility studies that satisfy client's technical specifications
-Assessing potential risks, materials, and costs, complying with Kier's & client's guidelines and regulations including permits, safety etc and deliver technical files and other technical documentation as required, conducting on site investigations and analysing data (maps, reports, tests, drawings and other)
-Contributing towards technical excellence and innovation across the team, providing innovative solutions to engineering problems, complying with Kier's SHEMS and KDTS IMS, agreeing delivery targets and report regularly on progress towards milestones, overseeing and mentor junior staff
-Maintaining good relations with clients and other authorities, attending meetings as necessary, promoting health & safety in the workplace, setting a good example to other employees
What are we looking for?
This role of Senior Engineer is great for you if:
-Are a member of a professional body, IEng / CEng status or working towards
-Competent and a strong working knowledge of civil engineering design software e.g AutoCAD
Rewards and benefitsWe'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 inclusionMaking 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.
We look forward to seeing your application to join the #constructionrevolution #joinkier
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Location: Penrith, Cumbria
Hours: 37.5 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 a Senior Engineer , you'll be working within the Civil Engineering team, supporting them on the National Highways Scheme Delivery Framework contract producing highways designs, drawings, reports and documentation in accordance with the brief, timescales and budgetary allocation.
Your day to day will include:
-Preparing preliminary and detailed designs in accordance with approved design procedures for local and national authorities, providing support to the Principal Engineer of the design team on various design duties including but not limited to, producing design schedules, health, safety and welfare contract documentation in accordance with the Construction, Design & Management Regulations 2015 Design drawings and associated documents
-Delivering technical and feasibility studies that satisfy client's technical specifications
-Assessing potential risks, materials, and costs, complying with Kier's & client's guidelines and regulations including permits, safety etc and deliver technical files and other technical documentation as required, conducting on site investigations and analysing data (maps, reports, tests, drawings and other)
-Contributing towards technical excellence and innovation across the team, providing innovative solutions to engineering problems, complying with Kier's SHEMS and KDTS IMS, agreeing delivery targets and report regularly on progress towards milestones, overseeing and mentor junior staff
-Maintaining good relations with clients and other authorities, attending meetings as necessary, promoting health & safety in the workplace, setting a good example to other employees
What are we looking for?
This role of Senior Engineer is great for you if:
-Are a member of a professional body, IEng / CEng status or working towards
-Competent and a strong working knowledge of civil engineering design software e.g AutoCAD
Rewards and benefitsWe'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 inclusionMaking 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.
We look forward to seeing your application to join the #constructionrevolution #joinkier
#LI-MA1
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