Engineer

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We're looking for a Design Engineer to join our Design team based in Bristol. Kier Design is a top‑25 engineering consultancy, and you will be working within the 700‑strong internal consultancy supporting delivery of Civil Infrastructure Engineering related services. You will also contribute to the delivery of more complex services by providing solutions which are safe and buildable whilst achieving the client's goals.

We believe in building teams around our people, rather than squeezing people into our teams, and we want to help you carve out a role in which you'll grow and thrive for many years to come. We offer market‑leading development opportunities, supporting our graduates through the early stages of their careers, enabling our people to become professionally qualified, providing management training and qualifications, and supporting ongoing technical development throughout their people's careers, actively promoting new challenges.

Location: Bristol

Hours: 40 hours per week – some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

Responsibilities:

• Work within the Structural and Geotechnical Engineering team, supporting Kier in delivering infrastructure projects for clients such as the Environment Agency, Severn Trent, and Mining Remediation Authority.
• Review and agree the technical requirements of the client remit, ensuring it is fully understood, questioning and challenging where necessary.
• Contribute to the development of fee proposals.
• Organise and lead the day‑to‑day workload of engineers and technical staff within the Design team, ensuring technical compliance of the design to the remit.
• Maintain compliance with applicable legal requirements and company policies/procedures and where applicable client procedures, including CDM Regulations, the Kier SHE Management System (SHEMS) and design Quality Management System (QMS).
• Contribute to the financial and commercial management of projects such as progress monitoring, change control, and delivering to the agreed programme and budget with the support of the Engineering Manager and Commercial Manager, delivering alternative solutions and value engineering, enhancing Kier's competitive position.

Qualifications:

• Experience in design delivery, comfortable using your own judgement when managing uncertainty and technical risk, while learning and working in new areas with support from colleagues.
• Relevant postgraduate experience in the design of hydraulic structures and river engineering, or similar.
• Working towards Chartered or Incorporated member of a relevant professional institution (e.g., CEng, MICE).
• Driving licence to visit various sites and offices.

Benefits: We’re proud to offer a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs.

Diversity and Inclusion: Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. Our employees shape our diversity and inclusion initiatives. We are a Disability Confident employer, ensuring a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.