We’re looking for a Road Lighting Design Technician to join our Highways team. Within this role, you can enjoy a competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave, a fantastic, matched pension scheme, share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans and even more.
Location: Nationwide, this is an agile role where you will be based out of a Kier local office with home working available and some travel to other offices and sites
Contract: Permanent, full time
Salary: £18K – £24K + 26 days of annual leave + benefits
Responsibilities
As a Road Lighting Design Technician, you will undertake services within an engineering environment such as scheme investigations, lighting inspections, data collection and analysis and preparing reports and identification of repair options.
Your day to day will include:
- Preparing specifications and drawings for repair schemes and works/construction inspection and supervision to progress scheme design, development and construction
- Prepare technical designs in accordance with approved design procedures and systems
- Prepare drawings, documents and use specialist software such as AutoCAD
Who are we looking for?
This role of Road Lighting Design Technician is great for you if:
- Holds a Full UK Driving Licence
- Have an award of or training towards HNC/HND or Degree or equivalent in appropriate discipline
- Some specialist knowledge of the road lighting design discipline gained through training or qualifications and experience
- Knowledge of relevant design software and standards and proficient in the production of engineering drawings using AutoCAD
We’re all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don’t tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.
If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at [email protected] to discuss and arrange these.
Benefits at Kier
We’re proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:
- new and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more
- A huge range of deals and discounts at many your favourite brands
- 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family
- Kier’s Green Car Scheme
And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website: kier.co.uk/careers/rewards-benefits
Who is Kier?
We’re made up of six business units, Group Functions, Construction, Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, and as a group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK. Take a look at our sustainability objectives: kier.co.uk/sustainability/
At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.
Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.
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 (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.
You can see more about our D&I action plan here: kier.co.uk/media/6668/di-roadmap-2021.pdf
Closing date: 20th February 2023
Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.