Graduate Quality Engineer

Starting Salary: £31,000 per annum

Pathway: Permanent, Full-time 2-year programme, leading to assistant level role upon completion with salary potential of CIRCA £38k

Starting date: September 2027

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

• Practical experience: gain valuable hands-on experience in your field.
• Skill improvement: develop technical and professional skills.
• Networking: build professional relationships and expand your network.
• Career insight: gain insights into your chosen industry and potential career paths.

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.

We're looking for a Graduate Quality Engineer to join our HS2 project team based in Aylesbury or Chipping Warden.

As a Graduate Quality Engineer, you'll be supporting Site Engineers to close out Inspection & Test Plans and their checklists, ensuring compliance throughout the construction phases as well as supporting with delivery of quality. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your career in civil engineering and the construction industry.

As a Graduate Quality Engineer, you'll be working within the Quality team, supporting them in ensuring compliance throughout construction phases. Your day to day will include:

• Supporting Site Engineers to close out Inspection & Test Plans and their checklists
• Ensuring compliance throughout the construction phases
• Supporting with delivery of quality across projects
• Demonstrating analytical and critical thinking to assess situations and problem solve
• Promoting wellbeing and an inclusive workplace where diversity is actively encouraged

Location: Based on site at either Aylesbury or Chipping Warden

Hours: 40 hours per week

We're looking for people due to graduate in 2027, or have recently graduated within the past three years, with a degree in Civil Engineering. This role of Graduate Quality Engineer is great for you if you:

• Demonstrate a genuine interest in pursuing a career in civil engineering and the construction industry, with clear motivation to learn and develop professionally
• Show enthusiasm for learning new skills and knowledge, and the ability to adapt in response to feedback

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.

October 2026: Initial applications

November 2026: Application reviews

January 2027 onwards: Online assessment centres

• Graduate Quality Engineer JD 2027.pdf