Technology Design Engineer

We're looking for an Technology Design Engineer to join our team based in Manchester/Newcastle/Birmingham. 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: Manchester/Newcastle/Birmingham
Hours: 40 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

As a Technology Design Engineer, you will play a key role in developing, coordinating, and delivering highways technology design solutions across the full project lifecycle. You'll contribute to integrated digital and roadside technology systems, ensuring designs are technically robust, compliant with standards, and aligned with client requirements. This role combines technical design production, assurance, and stakeholder collaboration, supporting the delivery of safe, efficient, and future-ready infrastructure.

Are you…

• A degree holder (or equivalent) in Electrical, Electronic, Communications, or Technology Engineering
• Someone with experience in highways or infrastructure technology design
• Knowledgeable about National Highways standards and design requirements
• Experienced in delivering or supporting ITS and communications systems design
• Able to demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving capability

What will you be responsible for?

As an Technology Design Engineer, you'll be working within the team, supporting them in delivering end-to-end technology design solutions. As a Technology Design Engineer, you will play a key role in developing, coordinating, and delivering highways technology design solutions across the full project lifecycle. You'll contribute to integrated digital and roadside technology systems, ensuring designs are technically robust, compliant with standards, and aligned with client requirements. This role combines technical design production, assurance, and stakeholder collaboration, supporting the delivery of safe, efficient, and future-ready infrastructure. Working within a multidisciplinary team, you'll contribute to safe, efficient and future-ready infrastructure across major UK projects.

Your day to day will include:

• Developing and delivering technology design packages including ITS, communications, power, and digital infrastructure systems
• Producing and reviewing design documentation, drawings, specifications, and calculations
• Applying the Design Assurance Framework and undertaking technical reviews and assurance activities
• Collaborating with clients, stakeholders, and internal teams to align design outputs
• Contributing technical input to bids, tenders, and design proposals

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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