Team Leader (Permanent, Contract, Temporary)

We're looking for two Design Team Leaders to join our Drainage and Water teams based in Salford. Working closely with the Design Manager and wider Kier teams, you'll develop team capability, build strong relationships with clients, and help shape how we deliver value across our infrastructure projects.

Location: Salford, Optimum House, M50 3XP - travel to the office required with some remote working available

Hours: 37.5 per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

Salary: £50,000 - £57,500 per year + private healthcare + £5.9k annual car allowance + benefits

What will you be responsible for?

As a Design Team Leader, you'll lead a talented drainage and water design team, delivering high-quality, sustainable solutions across a diverse portfolio of projects. You'll act as the technical and delivery lead for your assigned work packages, ensuring designs are coordinated and delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest standards.

Your day to day will include:

  • Leading and motivating a team of 7-14 people, supporting their professional growth and fostering collaboration
  • Acting as technical lead for assigned work packages, ensuring outputs comply with various design standards.
  • Managing programmes, budgets, and risks across a variety of transportation, building & development and water projects
  • Building and maintaining relationships with Clients, LLFAs, National Highways, and utilities
  • Driving innovation and process improvements, encouraging knowledge sharing and technical excellence

What are we looking for?

This Design Team Leader role would be a great fit for you if you:

  • Have proven experience leading and developing design teams, including line management of experienced engineers and early‐career staff
  • Are confident managing clients and key stakeholders, with strong communication skills and a track record of positive outcomes
  • Have delivered high‐quality, compliant highway drainage and flood risk solutions
  • Possess practical working knowledge of DMRB, LLFA requirements, and local authority standards
  • Hold a full UK driving licence and are willing to travel as required

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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