Civil Design Engineer
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Manpreet Atwal
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Civil Design Engineer
We're looking for a Civil Design Engineer to join our Water team based in Gerrards Cross within the water sector. Kier Design are a highly regarded Tier 1 Contractor, with a 750 plus strong design consultancy team, recognised as a Top 30 employer on Glassdoor.
Location: Gerrards Cross
Hours: 40 hours 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.
Are you…
- Qualified with a degree in Civil or Mechanical Engineering
- Working towards professional membership with a relevant institution (ICE, IMechE, IET, or similar)
- Experienced in civil design with demonstrable understanding of industry standard design software such as Tedds
- Able to communicate technical concepts clearly to design teams and clients
- Experienced in the application of quality procedures and document control in engineering design
What will you be responsible for?
As a Civil Design Engineer, you'll be working within the Utilities MEP team, supporting them in delivering compliant designs for waste water treatment infrastructure. You'll contribute to meaningful projects within the water sector, producing compliant designs for waste water treatment plants and networks. Working on diverse civil design challenges including drainage systems, equipment bases, sewage treatment sites, and pumping stations. This role offers the chance to coordinate across disciplines and work on sustainable solutions that make a real difference to communities and the environment.
Your day to day will include:
- Producing compliant civil designs for utilities and waste water treatment plants, including drainage, equipment bases, and pumping stations
- Coordinating between disciplines such as MEICA, temp works, and commercial teams as required by the project
- Ensuring all designs comply with relevant design codes, regulations, industry standards and Kier Design procedures
- Collaborating with clients, designers, contractors, and stakeholders to ensure effective communication throughout projects
- Identifying and resolving technical challenges during design phases, incorporating safe by design principles
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, 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.
We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.
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Location: Gerrards Cross
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Vacancy ID: 13347
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Background check: None
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Closing date: 14 Dec 2026
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Contract type: Permanent
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Working hours: Full Time
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Flexible working: Yes
Flexible working could include part time, job share, condensed hours, or flexible start/end times.
