Senior Engineer
| Posting date: | 05 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 March 2026 |
| Location: | RG21 8UQ |
| Company: | Kier Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 9745 |
Summary
We're looking for a Senior Engineer - Highways Design to join our Highways team based in Basingstoke. 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: 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 a Senior Engineer, you'll be working within the Highways Design team, supporting them in delivering high-quality design solutions. you'll provide expert technical support across various highway design contracts including Local Authority Highway Works, National Highways & Regional Contracts. You'll be part of a collaborative environment where wellbeing and professional growth are prioritised, with benefits including private healthcare, an excellent pension scheme, and competitive holiday entitlement.
Your day to day will include:
• Providing design support to the highways design teams and overseeing preparation of technical drawings and specifications
• Preparing fee estimates, design programmes, and tender documents
• Building and maintaining relationships with clients and stakeholders
• Mentoring junior team members and contributing to technical excellence
• Promoting an inclusive workplace where diversity of thought is encouraged
What are we looking for?
This role of Senior Engineer is great for you if:
• You have minimum significant post-graduate experience in highways or construction with a CSCS card
• You're a member of a professional body, have IEng/CEng status or are working towards it
• You have experience mentoring junior colleagues and liaising with various stakeholders
• You possess technical competence across multiple highways assets with detailed knowledge of DMRB/MCHW design standards
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
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 a Senior Engineer, you'll be working within the Highways Design team, supporting them in delivering high-quality design solutions. you'll provide expert technical support across various highway design contracts including Local Authority Highway Works, National Highways & Regional Contracts. You'll be part of a collaborative environment where wellbeing and professional growth are prioritised, with benefits including private healthcare, an excellent pension scheme, and competitive holiday entitlement.
Your day to day will include:
• Providing design support to the highways design teams and overseeing preparation of technical drawings and specifications
• Preparing fee estimates, design programmes, and tender documents
• Building and maintaining relationships with clients and stakeholders
• Mentoring junior team members and contributing to technical excellence
• Promoting an inclusive workplace where diversity of thought is encouraged
What are we looking for?
This role of Senior Engineer is great for you if:
• You have minimum significant post-graduate experience in highways or construction with a CSCS card
• You're a member of a professional body, have IEng/CEng status or are working towards it
• You have experience mentoring junior colleagues and liaising with various stakeholders
• You possess technical competence across multiple highways assets with detailed knowledge of DMRB/MCHW design standards
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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