Design and Engineering Lead
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We're looking for a Design & Engineering Lead to join our Natural Resources team, working on our wastewater and non-infrastructure projects for Thames Water.
Location : from home and sites across the Thames Valley Region
Hours : Permanent, Full Time – flexible hours are available if preferred, just let us know upon application
Responsibilities
We're looking for an experienced Design & Engineering Lead to join our NRNN water team managing the Thames Water framework. As a highly experienced and skilled Design and Engineering Manager you'll lead activities of a portfolio of projects of critical importance to our client. Managing multidisciplinary design teams, you'll ensure regulatory compliance, and deliver innovative, sustainable, and cost-effective wastewater solutions.
In your day to day you'll:
- Lead the design process for WWTP projects from concept through detailed design and into construction support.
- Lead collaboration with internal engineering teams, external consultants, and contractors to ensure integrated and buildable design solutions.
- Implement best-practice design methodologies, ensuring high-quality, right-first-time outputs driving design excellence.
- Work closely with the delivery and commercial teams to ensure best technical solutions are delivered in accordance with the customer requirements for time, quality and budget.
- Undertake technical reviews of the contract documentation to ensure Kier's commercial position is protected.
- Manage design deliverables, schedules, and budgets, ensuring alignment with project milestones and client expectations.
What are we looking for?
This Design & Engineering Lead role is great for you if you have:
- A strong background in civil, mechanical, or process engineering you'll have with a proven track record in managing complex water infrastructure project.
- Degree in Engineering or equivalent, with extensive experience in water-sector projects
- Experience leading and managing design teams, with a track record of effective communication, innovation, and problem-solving.
- Ability to manage projects from initial concept to completion, including budgeting, scheduling, and resource allocation.
- Strong technical knowledge and experience in relevant design disciplines, such as wastewater non-infrastructure design.
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.
If you would like to explore more about the incredible growth and scale of our water business, dive into our diverse project portfolios, and uncover both current and future career opportunities. You can see more information about our water business here.
There's never been a better time to get involved, register your interest today and take the first step toward a rewarding career with us!
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:
- Kingston Upon Thames, England, United Kingdom
- Salary:
- £80,000 - £100,000
- Job Type:
- PartTime
- Category:
- Engineering