Design Engineer

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Manpreet Atwal

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Design Engineer

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We're looking for a Design Engineer to join our Design team based in Wymondham, Norfolk.  In this role you'll contribute to the delivery of complex construction engineering services, supporting project teams with safe, compliant and buildable design solutions, while continuing to develop technical and professional capability.

 

Location: Wymondham, Norfolk

Hours: 40 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us

 

What will you be responsible for?

As a Design Engineer, you'll support the delivery of complex temporary works and construction engineering solutions within the Construction Engineering team, ensuring designs are safe and buildable.

Your day to day will include:

  • Producing and checking temporary works designs, integrated with permanent works where required
  • Supporting bids and tenders through outline designs, feasibility studies and buildable engineering solutions
  • Contributing to design outputs including calculations, drawings, reports and risk assessments, ensuring compliance with CDM, SHEMS and QMS
  • Identifying technical risks and opportunities for value engineering under appropriate supervision
  • Attending site visits, inspections and meetings, providing technical support to design, site and tender teams

 

What are we looking for?

This role of Design Engineer is great for you if have:

  • Completed IEng or CEng Initial Professional Development with a relevant professional institution (e.g. ICE), or equivalent qualifications and experience
  • Experience in temporary works design within a construction or engineering environment
  • Good understanding of buildability, safety and compliance within construction engineering
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively with designers, site teams and clients
  • A proactive and motivated engineer committed to continuous professional development

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.

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  • Location:  Wymondham
  • Vacancy ID:  8991
  • Background check:   None
  •  Closing date: 30 Apr 2026
  • Flexible Working:  Yes
    Flexible working could include part time, job share, condensed hours, or flexible start/end times.


 

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