We're looking for a Site Engineer (Geotechnical) to join our KierBAM team based in Plymouth – Devonport Royal Dockyard.
Location: Plymouth – Devonport Royal Dockyard
Hours: 45 hours per week
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.
Many positions within the project are subject to national security clearance restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held.
KierBAM is a Joint Venture partnership between Kier and BAM Nuttall, currently delivering an exciting redevelopment project at a Royal Navy site in Plymouth. As a Site Engineer (Geotechnical), you'll play a vital role in managing the technical compliance of the project to design specifications, ensuring work is delivered safely, on time, and to the highest quality standards. This is a fantastic opportunity to work on a significant infrastructure project within a live MOD facility.
What will you be responsible for?
As a Site Engineer (Geotechnical), you'll be working within the KierBAM team, supporting them in delivering this major redevelopment project. Your day to day will include:
- Assisting in the preparation of as-built drawings and maintaining effective systems to record completed work
- Participating in quality checks and surveys, and assisting with site safety, environmental, and quality inspections
- Recording and testing of workmanship and materials including drilling, grouting, and anchoring operations
- Setting out works to be constructed within allowable tolerances from a provided site control
- Providing engineering support to overcome technical challenges and ensuring the workforce understands setting out information
What are we looking for?
This role of Site Engineer (Geotechnical) is great for you if:
- You hold an academic qualification at Level 3 or above (HNC, HND, or Degree)
- You have experience with survey equipment (GPS, Total Station) for setting out and survey work
- You have experience in geotechnical applications such as drilling, grouting, anchor installation, inspection, and testing
- You're familiar with Quality Management Systems and confident writing RAMS
- You hold a Supervisor HSE test qualification and CSCS White AQP Card
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 and the nature of the work at this site, you will be required to complete a BPSS check, which takes place before your employment, and is conducted by the Cabinet Office's United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) agency who set out a pre-requisite criteria including residency history. (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 - to read more about our programme to support people with convictions into employment, visit Making Ground. This role will also be subject to further pre-employment checks.
We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.
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Site Engineer (Geotechnical) - Job Description 2026.pdf
