Senior Technology Design Engineer
Join Our Team as a Senior Technology Design Engineer!
Are you ready to take your career to the next level? We’re on the lookout for a Senior Technology Design Engineer to join our dynamic Technology Design team in Manchester, Newcastle, Birmingham, or Basingstoke. With flexible working options, this is your chance to make a significant impact in the world of highways technology!
About the Role
As a Senior Technology Design Engineer, you will lead the delivery and assurance of cutting-edge highways technology solutions across major infrastructure programs. You’ll be the technical authority, guiding design outputs from concept to implementation, ensuring that our solutions are compliant, integrated, and future-ready.
Your Responsibilities
- Lead the delivery of complex technology designs (ITS, communications, power) from concept through to implementation.
- Own design outputs, ensuring solutions are buildable, maintainable, and right-first-time.
- Act as a technical authority within design assurance, leading reviews, checks, and gateway approvals.
- Ensure compliance with DMRB, National Highways, and industry standards while managing technical risks.
- Provide SME leadership across ITS, communications networks, and smart infrastructure systems.
- Drive multidisciplinary integration across civil, electrical, mechanical, and systems teams.
- Act as a key technical interface for clients, leading workshops and stakeholder engagement.
- Support program delivery through reporting on progress, risk, and performance.
- Champion continuous improvement, digital engineering, and BIM adoption.
- Lead input into bids, developing innovative, compliant, and competitive solutions.
- Mentor and develop engineers, fostering a high-performance culture.
What We’re Looking For
This role is perfect for you if you:
- Are Degree-qualified in Electrical, Electronic, Communications, or Technology Engineering.
- Have significant experience in highways or infrastructure technology design.
- Possess proven experience leading design delivery and assurance activities.
- Have strong knowledge of National Highways standards and governance frameworks.
- Bring technical expertise in:
- ITS infrastructure and systems integration
- Telecommunications and IP networks
- Power and control systems
- Design assurance and approval processes
- Multidisciplinary coordination and systems integration
Working Conditions
You'll be working 40 hours per week with some flexibility on hours available. We offer a competitive starting salary of from £42,000 per annum.
Rewards and Benefits
We’re proud to offer a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Join us and enjoy:
- Flexible working arrangements
- Opportunities for professional growth and development
- A supportive and inclusive workplace culture
Diversity and Inclusion
At Kier, we prioritize making our workplace diverse and inclusive. Our employees play a crucial role in shaping our diversity initiatives, and we are committed to continuous improvement. As a Disability Confident employer, we ensure fair opportunities for all applicants.
Ready to make a difference? We look forward to seeing your application and welcoming you to our team at Kier!
