Principal Designer - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Kier Group

Kier Group
Kier Group
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Birmingham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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We're looking for a Principal Designer to join our Transportation team to support National Highways major projects.

You will also provide support and guidance to scheme delivery teams on framework contracts and to work on local highways projects.

Within this role, you can enjoy private healthcare, company car or car allowance, competitive annual leave with the option to buy/sell 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:
Nationwide - travel within UK to meet clients and design teams and visit sites on a regular basis


Contract:
Permanent - flexible and part-time hours available if desired, just let us know


Salary:
£45k - £60k FTE DOE + car allowance £6,100 + benefits


Responsibilities
As a Principal Designer, you'll provide support to the lead Principal Designer and design team(s) on implementation of CDM regulations, prepare and implement project level CDM compliance strategies and assist with the client in

Your day to day will include:

  • prepare Project documentation to support management of CDM and Health and safety in design development. On National Highways major projects this will include appropriate PCF documentation
- preparation of fee estimates and programmes for the activities within your responsibility. Making a positive contribution towards bids and project proposals making suggestions for new areas of work
- mentoring and coaching members of staff. Actively contributing to the technical excellence in the team and will supervise, assist and/or mentor team members as required with regards to both technical and professional development and is active in maintaining and developing own technical expertise (CPD)


What are we looking for?
This role of Principal Engineer is great for you if you are:

  • chartered engineer i.e. ICE, CIHT
- educated to degree level in Civil Engineering or related discipline and have relevant demonstratable industry experience
- have a recognised professional qualification in Health and Safety (e.g. NEBOSH)
- hold a full UK driving licence


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
- one professional subscription funded to support your professional development
- a fantastic, matched pension scheme and life assurance
- share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans
- a huge range of deals and discounts at many your favourite brands

And so much more You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website.


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 focused, 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.

Closing Date: 17 August 2023
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