Engineer; Roads

Engineer (Roads)

Join us for the Engineer (Roads) role at WSP in the UK & Ireland
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What if you could do the kind of work the world needs? At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

Your role will be at the heart of our high performing team, using your technical skills and expertise to help us continue delivering exemplary services to our clients for a diverse range of sectors, clients and projects through all stages of the project life cycle.

You could find yourself immersed in a variety of projects including strategic network improvements, major and minor highway maintenance and asset renewals, active travel and public transport infrastructure, road safety interventions, as well as public realm initiatives. Our well-established client base includes Welsh Government, Transport for Wales, North & Mid Wales Trunk Road Agent, South Wales Trunk Road Agent, and Welsh local authorities.

• Develop engineering solutions for projects, or work packages of varying scale, complexity, value and project stages, and could be working across several projects at any given time.
• Be actively engaged, or responsible depending on experience, for ensuring your projects are delivered to budget, programme, technical standards and legal requirements.
• Work collaboratively with clients, key stakeholders and internal disciplines.
• Support Project and Technical Delivery Leads in planning, programming, and pricing of proposals and deliverables.
• You will be supported by a team of experienced and developing technical staff of various grades, to whom you will be expected to provide guidance and support as appropriate.

• A passion for design and developing innovative solutions, demonstrating initiative and ingenuity to solve engineering problems.
• A Bachelor’s, or Master’s degree in Civil Engineering, or suitable equivalent.
• Working towards IEng or CEng with demonstrable progress.
• Knowledge and experience of highway design at various stages of the project life cycle. Specific experience in any, or all, of the following areas is advantageous: highway geometry, active travel, public transport, highway drainage, road restraint systems, pavements, traffic signs and road markings, and utilities.
• Knowledge of relevant design standards and codes of best practice such as the Design Manual for Roads & Bridges, Manual for Streets, TSRGD, Active Travel Act (Wales) Guidance, and Local Authority design guidance.
• Are well versed in the preparation of reports and drawings for transport studies, and or, construction projects.
• The ability to use or direct the use of relevant software for example Autodesk Civils 3D, Bentley Open Roads Designer, Info Drainage, Causeway and/or PDS.
• Experience of complying with Designers Duties under CDM regulations.

Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team.

We are one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms. Our 72,800 passionate people are united by the common purpose of creating positive, long‑lasting impacts on the communities we serve through a culture of innovation, integrity, and inclusion. With over 9,000 professionals across the UK and Ireland, we are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower.

At WSP, we understand that work is just one aspect of your life. It’s important to make time for you, your family, friends, interests and your community. Our hybrid working policy offers the flexibility to work from home two days a week, while also providing opportunities to collaborate in our modern offices across the UK.

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