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Published
April 30, 2026
Location
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
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Engineer: our view in 3 lines...

  • The Role: A highways design engineer role delivering highway design solutions within a multidisciplinary engineering consultancy for built-environment projects.
  • The Person: The person will contribute to technical drawings, specifications and design calculations, support fee estimates and tender documents, manage budgets and timelines, and mentor junior colleagues.
  • Requirements: The role requires a Civil Engineering degree, experience in highways design and knowledge of DMRB/MCHW design standards and membership of a relevant professional body.

Job Description

Company Description

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Company Name: Kier

Job Description

We're looking for a Highways Design Engineer to join our Highways team based in Basingstoke. Kier Design are a top-25 engineering consultancy, delivering a wide range of services across all sectors of the built environment, providing construction-focused, innovative and sustainable solutions. We have preferential access to Kier's £11bn+ project pipeline, including mega projects like High Speed 2 and Hinkley Point C, frameworks with national and local government and other public bodies, and a range of other interesting projects in every sector of the built environment. We believe in building teams around our people, rather than squeezing people into our teams, we want to help you carve out a role in which you'll grow and thrive for many years to come. Offering 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. Actively promoting, so you can keep pushing and stretching yourself. Location: Basingstoke, Hampshire - 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 Highways Design Engineer, you'll be working within the Highways Design team, supporting them in delivering innovative and effective highway design solutions. Your day to day will include: Contributing to technical drawings, specifications and design calculations while providing guidance to junior colleagues Supporting the preparation of fee estimates, design programmes and tender documents Building and nurturing relationships with clients and stakeholders Managing your own budgetary, quality and time frame targets Mentoring junior team members and actively contributing to technical excellence What are we looking for? This role of Highways Design Engineer is great for you if: You hold a Civil Engineering degree or similar qualifications with relevant experience You have experience in highways design with knowledge of DMRB/MCHW design standards You're a member of a relevant professional body 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. #LI-MA1
  • Company: Kier
  • Key Skills
    ? Key Skills in dark blue have been inferred based on similar industry roles
    Civil Engineering Highways Design DMRB MCHW Design Calculations Technical Drawings C

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