Construction and Engineering Director

Construction & Engineering Director – Eastern & Midlands Region

Location: Nottingham, Solihull, Cambridge or Witham
Contract: Full-Time, Permanent
Flexible hours available – just let us know what works for you

Shape the Future of Construction at Kier

We're looking for a strategic and inspiring Construction & Engineering Director to join our Eastern & Midlands Construction team. This is a pivotal leadership role, reporting directly to the Managing Director, where you'll drive operational excellence, consistency, and innovation across a portfolio of up to 40 live projects, with regional revenues of £200–400m per annum.

What You'll Be Doing

As our Construction & Engineering Director, you'll:

• Lead functional strategy across the region, ensuring consistent delivery standards and continuous improvement.
• Champion safety, health, wellbeing, sustainability, digital transformation, and quality across all project phases – from pre-construction to aftercare.
• Act as the regional SHW Director, chairing SHELT and driving a culture of zero harm and positive behaviours.
• Develop and implement SHE objectives, 90-day plans, and annual strategies.
• Oversee planning, environmental, quality, and building services resources.
• Drive digital adoption and performance monitoring using tools like Biosite, Novade, Procore, and Power BI.
• Collaborate with Regional Directors to optimise delivery and mitigate risk across the portfolio.

What We're Looking For

To thrive in this role, you'll bring:

• Proven leadership in construction and engineering at a senior level.
• A collaborative mindset with the ability to engage across regional and central teams.
• Passion for driving excellence in safety, sustainability, digital innovation, and quality.
• The ability to challenge and support peers as a trusted advisor.
• A track record of building inclusive, high-performing teams and nurturing future talent.
• Alignment with Kier's values and the 9 Healthy Behaviours.

Why Join Kier?

At Kier, we're proud to build more than just infrastructure – we build careers, communities, and a better future. You'll be part of a business that values innovation, integrity, and impact, with opportunities to shape how we deliver projects across the region.

Ready to lead the way?
Apply now or reach out to our recruitment team to learn more.

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.

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