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 agile working opportunities, you can enjoy flexibility while making a significant impact in the world of highways technology!
Position Details
- Location: Manchester/Newcastle/Birmingham or Basingstoke – Agile working opportunity
- Hours: 40 hours per week (some flexibility available)
- Starting Salary: From £42,000 per annum
- Sector: Mechanical, Electrical, and Technology – Highways
Please note: We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship for this role.
Your 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 will:
- Act as a technical authority, owning design outputs from concept through to implementation.
- Drive right-first-time delivery and ensure solutions are compliant, integrated, and future-ready.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver ITS, communications, and smart infrastructure systems aligned with National Highways standards.
Are You the Right Fit?
We’re looking for someone who is:
- HNC/Degree-qualified in Electrical, Electronic, Communications, or Technology Engineering (or equivalent).
- An experienced highways technology engineer with strong ITS expertise.
- Confident in leading design delivery and technical assurance activities.
- Knowledgeable about National Highways standards (e.g., DMRB) and governance frameworks.
- A strong leader who can mentor and develop engineers.
Your Responsibilities
In this role, you will:
- Lead the delivery of complex technology design (ITS, communications, power) from concept 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 risk.
- 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.
- Drive 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.
- Have proven experience leading design delivery and assurance activities.
- Possess strong knowledge of National Highways standards and governance frameworks.
Rewards and Benefits
We’re proud to offer a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Join us and enjoy:
- Competitive salary and flexible working hours.
- Opportunities for professional growth and development.
- A supportive and inclusive work environment.
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 that a fair number of disabled applicants meeting the minimum criteria will be offered an interview. Please note that a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check will be required for this role.
We can’t wait to see your application and welcome you to our team at Kier!
