Senior Engineer

We're looking for a Senior Highways Engineer to join our Transportation team based in Rushden to be responsible for development and preparation of concept, preliminary and detailed design of a range of highway and infrastructure projects. You need to be driven and accountable, and able to work with minimal direction and supervision. You'll also need to have strong communication skills. A full driving licence and own vehicle is an essential requirement for this position.

Can you envision a world without transportation links by land, sea, or air? Neither can we! Your journey is our journey. Join us at Kier Transportation, where we are working brilliantly together to make a difference, supporting the movement of people, goods, and equipment.

Location: Rushden, Northamptonshire - some remote working available, with travel to the office required (2 days per week)

Contract: Permanent Fulltime

Salary: £43k - £50k + private healthcare + benefits

Responsibilities

As a Senior Highways Engineer, you'll undertake the feasibility, preliminary and detailed design of highway maintenance and improvement schemes to DMRB and local authority standards using AutoCAD software including preparation of contract drawings.

Your day to day will include:

• Work collaboration with other design disciplines in Common Data Environments and acquire the knowledge and practical skills through on-the-job learning
• Prepare the full engineering data package required for commencement of the detailed design and participate in answering on-going clarifications/queries as needed
• Provide design support to the highways design team(s) and oversee preparation of technical drawings, specifications and design calculations
• Maintain good relations with the Client and other authorities, attending meetings as necessary
• Accountable for own budgetary, quality, safety and time frame targets for projects

What are we looking for?

This role of Senior Highways Engineer is great if you have:

• Degree (BSc, BEng, MSc MEng) in Civil Engineering, Highways Engineering, Transportation
• Chartered (CEng)/ incorporated (IEng) professional or working towards becoming chartered or incorporated engineer with ICE, CIHT or IHE
• Experience and knowledge about highways geometry, pavement design, signs & road markings, drainage, vehicle restraint systems.
• CSCS Card, SMSTS or equivalent.

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.

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with criminal convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's criminal record or the details of any offences disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

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