Senior Engineer

Join Our Team as a Senior Engineer!

Are you ready to take your engineering career to the next level? We’re on the lookout for a Senior Engineer to join our dynamic Kier Design team in beautiful Norfolk!

Key Details

Location: Norfolk - with some agile working options
Hours: 40 hours per week - flexible hours available, just let us know what works for you!
Salary: Starting from £51,000 per annum
Sector: Kier Design – Civil/Structural/MEICA

Please note: We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship for this role.

Your Role

As part of our Structures & Geotechnical capability in Norwich, you will play a pivotal role in delivering civil, structural, and MEICA engineering services across a variety of exciting infrastructure projects. Collaborate with our 750-strong in-house consultancy and work closely with construction, commercial, and operational teams to create safe, buildable, and efficient solutions for clients including Local Authorities, National Highways, Network Rail, and major Water clients.

Are You…?

• An experienced engineer ready to lead complex Civil, Structural, and MEICA services?
• Confident in delivering construction-focused, buildable design solutions with safety as your top priority?
• Experienced in Permanent Works design across structures, highways, geotechnics, and infrastructure?
• Comfortable acting as Lead Designer, coordinating multidisciplinary teams and third-party inputs?
• A strong technical leader who can manage teams, develop talent, and drive high-quality outcomes?

Do You…?

• Support tenders and bids by producing outline designs, feasibility studies, and buildability-led solutions?
• Apply innovation and value engineering to enhance safety, efficiency, and commercial outcomes?
• Review and approve third-party designs, ensuring compliance with briefs, standards, and Kier requirements?
• Provide clear technical advice, supporting teams through problem-solving and challenges?
• Take ownership of quality, programme, and budget, delivering in line with Kier QMS?
• Want to work for a highly regarded Main Contractor, recognized as a Top 30 employer on Glassdoor?

Your Responsibilities

As a Senior Engineer, you will:

• Lead the delivery of complex Civil, Structural, and MEICA services across Temporary and Permanent Works, ensuring safe, buildable, and compliant solutions.
• Provide Design Management leadership, acting as Lead Designer and coordinating multidisciplinary teams and third-party inputs.
• Support tenders and bids through outline design, feasibility studies, and buildability-led solutions, applying innovation and value engineering.
• Review and approve third-party designs, ensuring compliance with client briefs, standards, and Kier requirements.
• Provide technical leadership, identifying and managing technical risk, and supporting teams with expert guidance throughout design and construction.

What We’re Looking For

This role is perfect for you if:

• You’re IEng (Incorporated Engineer) with a relevant professional institution (or completion of CEng IPD), or EngTech, or have substantial equivalent experience.
• You hold a full UK driving licence.
• You have experience working to industry or client standards (e.g., rail, highways, water, or infrastructure).
• You possess knowledge of relevant design and assurance standards (e.g., Network Rail, DMRB, MCDHW, WIMES, Minimum Asset Standards) - desirable.
• You have experience in water/wastewater processes and/or M&E design (hydraulics, pump sizing, pipework) - desirable.

At Kier, we believe in finding potential, and transferable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don’t tick every box, we encourage you to apply and let’s have a conversation.

Rewards and Benefits

We’re proud to offer our amazing team a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Discover more about our benefits package!

Diversity and Inclusion

Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace is a top priority for us at Kier. We’re proud of the progress we’ve made, but we know there’s always more to do. Our employees play a crucial role in shaping our diversity and inclusion initiatives, and we value their experiences in shaping our policies. As a Disability Confident employer, we ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants meeting the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We can’t wait to see your application and welcome you to the Kier family! #joinkier