We're looking for an Assistant Bridge Engineer – Design to join our Highways Procedure team based in Salford Quays, Manchester.
Location: Salford Quays, Manchester
Hours: 37 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.
Join our Structures design team where you'll play a vital role in creating structures designs, drawings, reports and supporting documentation. This position offers the opportunity to work remotely with weekly office attendance to collaborate with your team, giving you a great balance between flexible working and valuable face-to-face time with colleagues.
What will you be responsible for?
As an Assistant Bridge Engineer – Design, you'll be working within the Structures design team, supporting them in delivering high-quality structures designs for local and national authorities. Your day to day will include:
- Preparing preliminary and detailed designs in accordance with approved design procedures
- Producing design drawings and technical documentation including Health, Safety and Welfare contract documentation
- Supporting the delivery of technical and feasibility studies that meet client specifications
- Conducting site investigations and analysing data including maps, reports, tests and drawings
- Contributing towards technical excellence and innovation across the team
What are we looking for?
This role of Assistant Bridge Engineer – Design is great for you if:
- You have strong technical competence in structures engineering and design
- You possess excellent problem-solving skills and can provide innovative solutions to engineering challenges
- You have great communication skills and enjoy working collaboratively with others to achieve common goals
- You demonstrate commercial awareness and understand the importance of working within timescales and budgets
- You have a right first time attitude to scheme development and take pride in delivering quality work
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.
Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.
We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.
