Engineer needed ASAP

We're looking for a Senior Engineer to join our Design – Civils River Infrastructure team based in Bristol.

Location: Bristol – remote working available, with occasional travel to the office required.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week – some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

Salary: Starting from £45,000 per annum

Sector: Design – Civils River Infrastructure

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

Join Kier Design's growing River Infrastructure team and work on meaningful projects for clients including the Environment Agency, Severn Trent and Mining Remediation Authority. This is an opportunity to deliver impactful infrastructure schemes whilst supporting team development and technical excellence in a collaborative and trusted environment.

Are you...

  • An experienced Civil Engineer delivering river or hydraulic infrastructure schemes?
  • Comfortable leading multidisciplinary design delivery and managing technical risk?
  • Confident developing safe, buildable solutions that meet client, budget and programme requirements?
  • Experienced working within a consultancy or contractor environment?
  • Passionate about working for a collaborative, trusted and delivery‐focused organisation?

Do you...

  • Hold a degree (or equivalent) in Civil Engineering or a related discipline?
  • Be Chartered or Incorporated, or working towards this (e.g. CEng MICE)?
  • Bring relevant post‐graduate experience in hydraulic structures, river engineering or similar?
  • Apply sound engineering judgement when managing uncertainty and technical risk?
  • Contribute to fee proposals, value engineering and commercial delivery?
  • Enjoy learning, developing and working in new technical areas with team support?
  • Want to work for a highly regarded Main Contractor, recognised as a Top 30 employer on Glassdoor?

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Engineer, you'll be working within the Design – Civils River Infrastructure team, supporting them in delivering civil infrastructure and river engineering projects. Your day to day will include:

  • Leading and supporting the delivery of civil infrastructure and river engineering projects from feasibility through to detailed design
  • Reviewing and agreeing client briefs to achieve compliant, buildable solutions
  • Organising and managing the day-to-day workload of engineers and technicians within the design team
  • Ensuring compliance with CDM Regulations, Kier SHEMS and QMS requirements
  • Driving innovation and value engineering to enhance project and commercial outcomes

What are we looking for?

This role of Senior Engineer is great for you if:

  • You hold a degree (or equivalent) in Civil Engineering or a related discipline
  • You're Chartered or Incorporated, or working towards this (e.g. CEng MICE)
  • You bring relevant post-graduate experience in hydraulic structures, river engineering or similar
  • You're confident managing multidisciplinary design delivery and technical risk
  • You hold a Full driving licence

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here .

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here . As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.

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