Senior Highways Engineer
Join Our Team as a Senior Engineer!
Are you ready to take your career to the next level? We’re on the lookout for a Senior Engineer to join our dynamic Highways Technology team in Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle, or Penrith. With the flexibility of remote working and occasional office visits, this is your chance to make a significant impact in the highways sector!
Key Details
Location: Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle, and Penrith (Remote working available with occasional travel required)
Hours: 40 hours per week (flexibility available)
Salary: Starting from £46,000 per annum
Sector: Kier Design - Highways
Note: We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship for this role.
Are You...
- An experienced highways technology engineer with strong ITS expertise?
- Confident in leading technology schemes from concept to preliminary design?
- Skilled in providing strategic advice and technical governance to clients?
- Passionate about delivering innovative highways technology solutions?
- Experienced in mentoring and developing junior engineers?
Do You...
- Design and develop ITS solutions like CCTV, VMS, MIDAS, and communications networks?
- Produce high-quality technical outputs, including drawings, BoQs, reports, and risk registers?
- Support feasibility studies, options appraisals, and business case development?
- Provide clear, practical technical advice to clients and stakeholders?
- Enjoy combining hands-on engineering with leadership and mentoring responsibilities?
- Want to work for a highly regarded Main Contractor recognized as a Top 30 employer on Glassdoor?
About the Role
As a Senior Engineer within our Professional Services Team, you will play a pivotal role in delivering strategic and technical leadership to our highways clients. You’ll work on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), guiding technology schemes from initial concept through to preliminary design. This is your opportunity to blend hands-on engineering with leadership responsibilities while being part of a respected organization.
Your Responsibilities
In this role, you will:
- Lead highways technology schemes from concept to preliminary design, including ITS solutions.
- Produce high-quality technical outputs such as designs, specifications, drawings, BoQs, reports, and risk registers.
- Provide expert advice and technical governance to clients and stakeholders.
- Support feasibility studies, options appraisals, and business case development.
- Mentor and manage junior team members, offering coaching and support.
What We’re Looking For
This role is perfect for you if you:
- Hold a degree in an engineering or science-related discipline and are Chartered or working towards chartership.
- Have strong experience in delivering ITS consultancy, design, or project management.
- Are comfortable managing workloads, programmes, and stakeholder relationships.
- Possess knowledge of ITS, highways technology assets, IoT, telecoms, and IP systems.
- Have excellent communication skills with a practical, commercial mindset.
Rewards and Benefits
We’re proud to offer a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Join us and enjoy a supportive work environment that values your contributions!
Diversity and Inclusion
At Kier, we prioritize creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. Our employees play a crucial role in shaping our diversity and inclusion 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 this role requires a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check, and we treat all applicants fairly, regardless of their conviction history.
We can’t wait to see your application and welcome you to our team at Kier!
