Principal Designer

A great opportunity for a Principal Designer to join our Transportation team to support National Highways major projects. You will provide support and guidance to scheme delivery teams on framework contracts and to work on local highways projects.  Could this be you?

Can you imagine a world without transportation links via land, sea or air? Nor can we Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Transportation and make a difference. Supporting the movement of people, goods and equipment.  We're a team working brilliantly together.  Come and join us

Location: Nationwide – remote working with travel within UK to meet clients and design teams and visit sites when required

Contract: Permanent – flexible and part-time hours available if desired, just let us know

Salary: £45k – £60k FTE DOE + car allowance £6,100 + benefits

What will you be responsible for?

As a Principal Designer, you'll provide support to the lead Principal Designer and design team(s) on implementation of CDM regulations, prepare and implement project level CDM compliance strategies and assist with the client in

Your day to day will include:

• responsibility as the point of contact named on the F10 for Principal Designer function. You will assist in carrying out project safety reviews, ensuring the application of the principles of prevention
• prepare Project documentation to support management of CDM and Health and safety in design development. On National Highways major projects this will include appropriate PCF documentation
• preparation of fee estimates and programmes for the activities within your responsibility. Making a positive contribution towards bids and project proposals making suggestions for new areas of work
• mentoring and coaching members of staff. Actively contributing to the technical excellence in the team and will supervise, assist and/or mentor team members as required with regards to both technical and professional development and is active in maintaining and developing own technical expertise (CPD)

What are we looking for?

This role of Principal Designer is great for you if you are:

• chartered engineer i.e. ICE, CIHT
• educated to degree level in Civil Engineering or related discipline and have relevant demonstratable industry experience
• have a recognised professional qualification in Health and Safety (e.g. NEBOSH)
• hold a full UK driving licence

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.

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with criminal convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's criminal record or the details of any offences disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

We look forward to seeing your application to join the #constructionrevolution #joinkier

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