Section Engineer

We're looking for a Senior Section Engineer - Civils to join our team in Twyford, Buckinghamshire. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the delivery of a major civil engineering and infrastructure project, helping to drive safe, efficient and high-quality construction while developing your technical leadership career with Kier.

Location: Twyford, Buckinghamshire – site based 5 days per week
Hours: Permanent Full Time, 45 hours per week
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship for this role.

As a Senior Section Engineer - Civils, you'll take ownership of the engineering and technical delivery of a designated section of works. Working closely with project teams, subcontractors and site management, you'll help ensure works are delivered safely, efficiently, to programme and in line with design specifications and quality standards.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Section Engineer - Civils, you'll be part of a collaborative team delivering complex civil engineering and infrastructure works, using your technical expertise to support successful project outcomes.

Day to day, your role will include:

• Managing engineering activities across a section of works, ensuring construction is delivered in accordance with approved drawings, specifications and project requirements
• Producing short-term programmes and look-ahead plans, coordinating labour, plant, materials and subcontractors to maintain project progress
• Maintaining accurate inspection, testing and as-built records to support quality assurance and project compliance
• Leading site briefings and promoting a positive health, safety and environmental culture across the project
• Providing technical guidance, mentoring and support to Site Engineers and junior engineering team members

What are we looking for?

This Senior Section Engineer - Civils role is ideal for someone who enjoys leading on-site engineering activities, solving complex technical challenges and supporting the development of high-performing teams. We're looking for someone with:

• A degree in Civil Engineering or an equivalent engineering qualification
• Progress towards Chartered Engineer status, ideally through the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
• Strong technical knowledge of civil engineering, infrastructure or major construction projects
• Experience leading or supporting engineering teams within a live construction environment
• A solid understanding of quality assurance processes, technical documentation and project record management

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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