Design Engineer

We're looking for a Design Engineer to join our Kier Design team based in Leeds.

Location: Leeds - remote working available, with occasional travel to the office required.
Hours: 40 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

Salary: Starting from £41,000 per annum

Sector: Structures & Geotechnical Engineering – rail and water

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

As a Design Engineer within Kier Design, you'll deliver civil and structural engineering services across a range of infrastructure projects. Working within the Structures & Geotechnical team, you'll help develop safe, buildable Permanent Works solutions, support tenders and live projects, and collaborate closely with clients and multidisciplinary teams. This role offers the opportunity to work on high-profile schemes while progressing your career within Kier's nationally recognised in-house consultancy.

Are you…

• An experienced Design Engineer delivering civil and structural designs on infrastructure projects?
• Confident developing safe, buildable Permanent Works solutions?
• Comfortable supporting tenders and bids through outline design, feasibility and providing technical input?
• A strong collaborator who enjoys working with clients, stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams?
• Passionate about working for a collaborative, trusted, and delivery‑focused organisation?

Do you…

• Contribute to design delivery, including calculations, drawings, reports and risk assessments?
• Identify and manage technical risks across the design and construction stages?
• Have experience in undertaking site visits, inspections, surveys and providing advice on SHE matters?
• Have knowledge of rail or water sector standards, or transferable infrastructure experience?
• Want to work for a highly regarded construction company, recognised as a Top 30 employer on Glassdoor?

What will you be responsible for?

As a Design Engineer, you'll be working within the Structures & Geotechnical team, supporting them in delivering innovative and sustainable engineering solutions. Your day to day will include:

• Deliver Permanent Works design across Kier Design's infrastructure portfolio
• Design safe, buildable, cost‑effective solutions from concept to delivery
• Provide technical input to bids, providing buildable, innovative concepts
• Develop alternative designs and value engineering solutions to strengthen competitiveness
• Review and provide technical assurance of third‑party designs, ensuring compliance with client and Kier requirements
• Identify and manage technical risks across design and construction stages
• Undertake site visits, inspections and surveys and provide advice on SHE matters
• Fulfil Job Leader responsibilities, including client liaison, fee/programme input, design delivery, workload planning and compliance with Kier Quality Management Systems

What are we looking for?

This role of Design Engineer is great for you if:

• You hold a Level 6/7 qualification and are working towards professional qualification with a relevant industry body (e.g. ICE, IStructE)

• Proven experience delivering civil and structural infrastructure design
• Full UK driving licence

Desirable

• Experience with rail or water sector standards
• Knowledge of WIMES or Minimum Asset Standards
• Exposure to water or wastewater treatment environments
• Previous M&E design experience (e.g. simple hydraulics, pump selection etc)

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

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.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.