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Form of workWe're looking for a Senior Highways Technology Engineer, to join our Transportation team based in either Birmingham or Salford. Could this be you? You'll be responsible for developing and leading various technology scheme designs, from conception through to completion of Preliminary Design. Schemes include the renewal and improvement of legacy Highways Technology assets, and the design of state of the art innovations, off grid renewables and security infrastructure. In addition you will provide technical advice and governance, in support of our clients and stakeholders.
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: Birmingham or Salford - remote working available, with travel to the office
Contract: Permanent Fulltime – flexible and part-time hours available if desired, just let us know
Salary: £39k - £47k FTE + car or car allowance + private healthcare + benefits
Responsibilities
As a Senior Highways Technology Engineer, you'll develop and lead the creation of a range of technical documentation including drawings, BoQs, reports, business cases and risk registers.
Your day to day duties will include:
- Leading, authoring and reviewing feasibility studies, options reports, preliminary designs and technical queries for technology asset schemes.
- Managing others, either as a line manager or a project lead, tasking and providing guidance and feedback, to ensure timeliness, accuracy and high quality of output.
- Leading engagement with clients and a variety of design disciplines to define requirements and drive completion of works.
- Development of self and others through the creation, management and utilisation of processes and procedures for work activities.
- Provision of regular project updates, in relation to progress, spend and risk mitigation.
What are we looking for?
This role of Senior Highways Technology Engineer is great if you have a:
- Proven track record of delivery in ITS consultancy, design and/or project management.
- Knowledge of ITS, National Highways Technology Assets, Infrastructure, loT, Telco, IP technologies and their applications against the services Kier Transportation supplies.
- Possess a relevant tertiary qualification in engineering/science related subject.
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.
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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