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We're looking for a Senior Engineer – Civils River Infrastructure to join our Kier Design team based in Bristol.
Location: Bristol
Hours: 40 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.
You'll be working within Kier's 700 strong internal consultancy, supporting the delivery of Civil Infrastructure Engineering services. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to complex projects by providing safe, buildable solutions whilst achieving clients' goals. You'll be part of a growing team delivering infrastructure projects for clients such as the Environment Agency, Severn Trent, and Mining Remediation Authority.
What will you be responsible for?
As a Senior Engineer – Civils River Infrastructure, you'll be working within the Kier Design Team, supporting them in delivering Civil Infrastructure Engineering services. Your day-to-day will include:
- Reviewing and agreeing technical requirements with clients, ensuring full understanding and challenging where necessary
- Organising and leading the day-to-day workload of engineers and technical staff, ensuring technical compliance
- Contributing to fee proposals and the financial and commercial management of projects
- Ensuring compliance with legal requirements, Company policies including CDM Regulations and design Quality Management Systems
- Delivering alternative solutions and value engineering to enhance Kier's competitive position
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This role of Senior Engineer – Civils River Infrastructure is great for you if:
- You have experience in design delivery, including multidisciplinary design
- You're comfortable using your own judgement when managing uncertainty and technical risk
- You have a minimum of 5 years of postgraduate experience in the design of hydraulic structures or river engineering
- You are a Chartered or Incorporated member of a relevant professional institution (e.g., CEng MICE)
- You hold a Full driving licence
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.


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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.
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