Assistant Technology Design Engineer

Assistant Technology Design Engineer – Manchester/Newcastle or Birmingham

Location: Manchester/Newcastle or Birmingham – with agile working opportunity

Hours: 40 hours per week – some flexibility on hours available if desired, let us know when you speak to us.

Starting: from £31,000 per annum

Sector: Mechanical, Electrical and Technology – Highways

Note: We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

We're looking for an Assistant Engineer to join our Technology Design team, supporting the delivery of highways technology solutions across a range of infrastructure projects.

You'll work alongside experienced engineers to develop design outputs, build your technical capability, and gain exposure to systems such as ITS, communications and digital infrastructure.

This is a great opportunity to develop your career within a supportive, multidisciplinary team, working on nationally significant projects.

• Degree-qualified (or working towards) in Electrical, Electronic, Communications or Technology Engineering?
• An early‑career engineer with some practical experience (placement, internship or similar)?
• Interested in highways technology, ITS or digital infrastructure?

• Have awareness of ITS systems and/or communications networks?
• Understand design standards (e.g. DMRB) or use CAD/design tools?
• Have exposure to infrastructure or highways environments?
• Communicate well and enjoy working collaboratively in a team?

• Supporting the development of technology design packages (ITS, communications, power infrastructure)
• Producing drawings, specifications and technical documentation
• Assisting with design assurance processes, reviews and compliance with standards (e.g. DMRB, National Highways)
• Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams (civil, electrical, mechanical)
• Gaining experience across ITS, communications networks and emerging smart infrastructure systems
• Supporting project coordination, meetings, reporting and stakeholder engagement
• Contributing to continuous improvement, technical development and bid/tender support

• Have a degree (or are working towards) in Electrical, Electronic, Communications or Technology Engineering
• Have gained some engineering experience (placement, internship or early‑career role)
• Have an interest in highways technology, ITS or digital infrastructure
• Have awareness of ITS systems (CCTV, VMS, detection, communications networks)
• Have knowledge of design standards (e.g. DMRB, National Highways)
• Have experience using CAD or engineering design tools
• Have exposure to infrastructure or highways projects
• Are working towards professional membership (IET / ICE)
• Are able to meet BPSS/security requirements

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.

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.