Kier Group
Process Engineering Design Lead
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Process Engineering Design Lead
We're looking for a Process Engineering Design Lead to join our Water Engineering team based in flexible with UK travel.
Location
Flexible with UK travel
Hours
37.5 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.
About Kier Design
Kier Design consists of over 750 professional consultants delivering fully integrated and construction-focused design services across the built environment. Due to significant growth in our water sector work, we're seeking a Process Engineering Design Lead to help deliver design excellence in water engineering. This is an exciting opportunity for an entrepreneurial leader to grow a team and deliver outstanding water projects within a fully integrated design and build delivery model.
Responsibilities
As a Process Engineering Design Lead, you'll be working within the Water Engineering Team, supporting them in delivering design excellence across clean and wastewater projects. Your day-to-day will include:
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- Leading the delivery of process engineering designs, ensuring excellence and client satisfaction
- Collaborating with construction teams to provide technical expertise on projects
- Shaping and implementing a process engineering growth plan for our water capability
- Participating in bid teams to bring value to clients and identify innovation opportunities
- Liaising with water companies and coordinating with multi-disciplinary design capability leaders
What We're Looking For
This role of Process Engineering Design Lead is great for you if:
- You have a strong network of relationships within the water sector with both client and design organisations
- You have significant technical capability in both clean and wastewater projects, including water company and industry standards
- You have experience working in a design and build environment with a passion for growing high-performing teams
- You possess a degree in an appropriate discipline and are Chartered (CEng or IChem) with a relevant professional body
- You bring excellent communication skills, a collaborative approach, and experience in optioneering, value engineering, and design reviews
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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 on 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.
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