We're looking for a Civil Design Engineer - Water to join our team based in Gerrards Cross.
Location: Gerrards Cross
Hours: 40 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.
This is an exciting opportunity to produce compliant designs associated with utilities and waste water treatment plants and networks. You'll work on diverse civil designs including duct routes and chambers, equipment bases, drainage, switchgear buildings, and upgrade work at combined sewer overflows, sewage treatment sites, and pumping stations. This role offers the chance to coordinate across multiple disciplines and contribute to sustainable design solutions in a supportive and collaborative environment.
What will you be responsible for?
As a Civil Design Engineer - Water, you'll be working within the team, supporting them in delivering compliant designs for utilities and waste water treatment infrastructure. Your day to day will include:
- Producing civil designs compliant to relevant British and European standards and client specifications
- Planning and coordinating assigned tasks, ensuring delivery on time and within budget
- Collaborating with clients, designers, contractors and stakeholders to ensure effective communication
- Ensuring all designs comply with regulations, industry standards and incorporate safe by design principles
- Problem-solving technical and logistical challenges during design and construction phases
What are we looking for?
This role of Civil Design Engineer - Water is great for you if:
- You hold a degree in Civil or Mechanical Engineering
- You have experience in utilities design and civil works for waste water treatment plants
- You possess strong written and verbal communication skills, able to explain technical concepts clearly
- You have experience working in multi-discipline engineering teams with a track record of achieving business targets
- You're working towards professional membership with ICE, IMechE, IET or similar institution
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.
