Assistant Engineer London, England
Job description
We’re looking for an Assistant Engineer to join our Structures Team for Kier Transportation Design team on projects for various clients based in London. Within this role, you can enjoy competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave, a fantastic matched pension scheme, a share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans and even more.
Can you imagine a world without transportation links via land, sea, or air? Nor can we! Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Transportation and make a difference. Supporting the movement of people, goods and equipment.
Location: London with hybrid/remote working available
Contract: Permanent, Fulltime
Salary: Up to £36k + 26 days of annual leave + Benefits
Responsibilities
As an Assistant Engineer, you’ll produce technical designs/documentation and support the Lead Engineer in the delivery of highways’ structures feasibility studies, assessments, maintenance and design of new-build schemes.
Your day to day will include:
- Support the Lead Engineer in the delivery and management of Highways schemes
- Prepare technical designs, documents and drawings using the latest software
- Undertake site visits and gather background data
- Identify and apply appropriate methodologies and standards to produce effective and innovative solutions for structures schemes and studies to current standards
- Undertake assessment and design calculations of bridge structures
Who are we looking for?
This role of an Assistant Engineer is great for you if you have:
- Degree in Civil Engineering or HNC/HND in Civil Engineering
- Working towards Incorporated or Chartered Status of a relevant professional institution such as MICE, MIStructE
- Experience in bridge engineering
We’re all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don’t tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.
If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at [email protected] to discuss and arrange these.
Benefits at Kier
We’re proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:
- new and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more
- A huge range of deals and discounts at many your favourite brands
- 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family
- Kier’s Green Car Scheme
And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website: kier.co.uk/careers/rewards-benefits
Who is Kier?
As a leading UK infrastructure services, construction and property group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK.
Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We take pride in bringing specialist knowledge, sector leading experience and fresh thinking to all that we do. We are collaborative, trusted and focussed, and we will empower you to achieve your career goals, and listen to your thoughts, ideas, and challenges.
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 (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.
You can see more about our D&I action plan here: kier.co.uk/media/6668/di-roadmap-2021.pdf
Closing date: 1 September 2023
Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.
