Senior Engineer at Kier

Position Senior Engineer
Posted 21 Apr 2026
Expired 21 May 2026
Company Kier
Location Wales | GB
Job Type Full Time

Job Description:

Latest job information from Kier for the position of Senior Engineer. If the Senior Engineer vacancy in Wales matches your qualifications, please submit your latest application or CV directly through the updated Jobkos job portal.

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Job Description
We're looking for a Senior Drainage Engineer to join our Kier Design team based in Cardiff.

We believe in building teams around our people, rather than squeezing people into our teams, and we want to help you carve out a role in which you'll grow and thrive for many years to come. We offer market-leading development opportunities, supporting our graduates through the early stages of their careers, enabling our people to become professionally qualified, providing management training and qualifications, and supporting ongoing technical development throughout our people's careers., we actively promote, so you can keep pushing and stretching yourself.

Location: Cardiff - remote working available, with occasional travel to the office required.
Hours: 37.5 hours 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

  • What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Drainage Engineer, you'll be working within the Drainage team, supporting them in delivering excellent design solutions across water, flooding, and drainage projects. You'll be working on diverse and impactful projects, including Local Authority initiatives, National Highways schemes, and major projects such as the A66 Northern Trans-Pennine and A417 missing link.

Your day to day will include

  • Assisting the Drainage Lead in the successful delivery of a portfolio of projects to established standards, timelines, and budgetary constraints across diverse design contracts, specialising in highway drainage, as well as incorporating expertise in water utilities and dealing with Lead Local Flood Authorities (LLFA's)
  • Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients and statutory bodies to ensure project success
  • Leading technically challenging drainage projects and providing innovative, sustainable solutions
  • Coordinating daily tasks, checking deliverables, and ensuring quality standards are met
  • Supporting the team's development through mentoring, coaching, and sharing your expertise
  • Managing project delivery within established programmes and budgets, raising any concerns promptly

This role of Senior Drainage Engineer is great for you if

  • You have experience in highway drainage, water utilities, and working with Lead Local Flood Authorities
  • You're proficient in InfoDrainage and AutoCAD Civils3D, with strong technical skills
  • You hold a Civil Engineering degree (or similar qualification) and membership with a relevant engineering body
  • You have around 8 years of experience successfully leading diverse drainage projects
  • You're a clear communicator who enjoys collaborating with others and supporting team development

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. 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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Job Info:

  • Company: Kier
  • Position: Senior Engineer
  • Work Location: Wales
  • Country: GB

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