Design Engineer

Join Our Team as a Temporary Works Design Engineer!

Are you ready to take your engineering career to the next level? We’re on the lookout for talented civil, structural, and geotechnical engineers to join our dynamic team across various locations in the UK!

Location & Flexibility

Locations: Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Plymouth – Enjoy agile working with the option to work from home 1-2 days a week!

Hours: 40 hours per week – Flexible hours available to suit your lifestyle.

Salary: Starting from £40k per annum.

Sector: Engage with all sectors of the built environment.

Why Join Us?

As a Design Engineer, you’ll be part of one of the UK’s leaders in temporary works design and management. With a team of over 100 professionals, you’ll work on a diverse range of projects, tapping into Kier’s impressive £11bn+ project pipeline. From concept to delivery, you’ll support complex construction and major infrastructure schemes.

Are You...

• Practically-minded: With a solid grounding in civil, structural, and/or geotechnical engineering principles and knowledge of applicable design standards?
• On the path to Chartered Engineer: Working towards CEng or IEng status, or have equivalent experience?

Do You...

• Love problem-solving: Enjoy applying first principles thinking to real-world construction challenges with a focus on safety, sustainability, and innovation?
• Have relevant experience: Bring experience in temporary works design and/or management, or other practical construction experience?
• Thrive in collaboration: Possess strong organizational and communication skills and enjoy working as part of a team?
• Want to be part of a top-25 engineering consultancy: Recognized as one of Glassdoor’s 50 best places to work?

Your Responsibilities

As a Temporary Works Design Engineer, you will contribute to a wide range of complex construction engineering services, including:

• Producing, checking, and reviewing design outputs such as calculations, sketches, drawings, 3D models, reports, and risk assessments, ensuring compliance with CDM, SHE procedures, and QA processes.
• Acting as Project Lead for simpler projects, managing technical scope, programme, budget, and relationships with preconstruction and construction teams from bid through to delivery.
• Developing your skills and contributing to the continuous improvement of processes and systems, helping the business adapt to current and future challenges.

Rewards and Benefits

We’re proud to offer a variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Join us and discover the perks that come with being part of our team!

Diversity and Inclusion

At Kier, fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace is a top priority. We’re committed to continuous improvement and value the contributions of our employees in shaping our diversity and inclusion initiatives. As a Disability Confident employer, we ensure that a fair number of disabled applicants meeting the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We can’t wait to see your application! Join us and be part of something great at Kier!