Job Description

We\xe2\x80\x99re looking for a Senior Flooding and Drainage Design Engineer to join our Highways Drainage team based in Exeter. Within this role, you can enjoy competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave, a fantastic private healthcare, matched pension scheme, a share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans and even more.

Can you imagine a world without transportation links via land, sea or air? Nor can we! Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Transportation and make a difference. Supporting the movement of people, goods and equipment.

Location: Exeter, with some site visits required and hybrid working available

Contract: Permanent, Fulltime

Salary: \xc2\xa342K-50K

Responsibilities

As a Senior Drainage Design Engineer, you will support the Drainage Team Leader to ensure effective project delivery and a high-quality service on projects across the UK, within Kier Highways Design Solutions. Current contracts include Local Authority, National Highways Area and Regional Contracts particularly Major Projects A66 NTP and M6 Emergency Laybys.

Your day to day will include:

• Overseeing the preparation and checking of project tasks and deliverables including technical drawings, specifications and design calculations
• Preparation of fee estimates, design programmes, tender and contract documents whilst proactively managing and communicating risk
• Coaching and mentoring of all team members to ensure continual growth of the team and individuals as well as driving up the quality of our delivery

Who are we looking for?

This role of Senior Design Engineer is great for you if have:

• Experience of leading a significant number of technically challenging projects which successfully resolve flooding or water quality issues including some major, multidiscipline projects
• Experience of developing junior colleagues, particularly in technical modelling (drawing and hydraulics) and the application of standards
• Experience working with local authorities and National Highways clients (as well as various stakeholders) whilst following their processes and quality systems, including successful completion of audits

We\xe2\x80\x99re all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don\xe2\x80\x99t tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at to discuss and arrange these.

Benefits at Kier

We\xe2\x80\x99re proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:

• new and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more
• A huge range of deals and discounts at many your favourite brands
• 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family
• Kier\xe2\x80\x99s Green Car Scheme

And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website:

Who is Kier?

We\xe2\x80\x99re made up of six business units, Group Functions, Construction, Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, and as a group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK. Take a look at our sustainability objectives:

At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We\xe2\x80\x99re proud of the steps we\xe2\x80\x99ve taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier\xe2\x80\x99s diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

You can see more about our D&I action plan here:

Closing date: 1 August 2023

Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.

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Kier Group