Associate Engineer

We're looking for an Associate Engineer to join our team based in various locations. Kier Design are a highly regarded Tier 1 Contractor, with a 750 plus strong design consultancy team, recognised as a Top 30 employer on Glassdoor. Join us and become part of one of the UK's leaders in temporary works design and management and construction-related technical services. You'll play a key leadership role within our 100-strong team, delivering hundreds of projects across one of the most diverse and high-profile portfolios in the country, with access to Kier's £11bn+ project pipeline - supporting complex construction and major infrastructure schemes from concept through to delivery.

Location: Birmingham / Cardiff / Leeds / Liverpool / London / Plymouth - agile working, with up to 1-2 days per week from home if desired
Hours: 40 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.
Salary: starting from £70k per annum

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role

Are you...

• A Chartered member of a relevant professional institution (e.g. CEng MICE) with relevant experience, or with significant relevant experience
• Experienced in leading complex construction engineering services and temporary works design
• Able to provide technical solutions that are safe and buildable
• Skilled in design management and coordination across multidisciplinary teams

What will you be responsible for?

As an Associate Engineer, you'll be working within the team, leading on the delivery of complex construction engineering services within a supportive and collaborative team. You'll be working on diverse projects, providing technical solutions that are safe, buildable and innovative. From temporary works design to design management coordination, you'll play a key role in supporting bid winning, project delivery and technical excellence. This position offers the chance to develop your leadership skills, mentor others and contribute to engineering best practice across the organisation. If you're passionate about delivering high-quality engineering outcomes and enjoy working in a dynamic environment where your expertise are valued.

Your day to day will include

• Leading temporary works design and checking, integrated with permanent works as applicable
• Providing tender and bid support including feasibility studies and outline design schemes
• Managing the delivery of alternative solutions and value engineering opportunities
• Overseeing project teams, ensuring technical compliance and quality of design deliverables
• Building positive relationships with clients and design teams, representing Kier at project meetings

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