Engineer; Roads

Job Description

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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.

WSP are seeking an enthusiastic and talented Engineer to join the Roads team based in Newcastle. You’ll be working alongside a host of talented people ranging from our early‑career professionals to established engineers and project managers working across the Roads business to improve the local and strategic networks.

Working in partnership with National Highways and Local Authority clients across the region you could find yourself immersed in a diverse range of projects including active travel, digital design (including 3D modelling), strategic network improvements, major and minor maintenance, alignment, road safety as well as public realm. The role will offer an interesting and varied workload – from major strategic highways projects such as Smart Motorways through to a diverse range of small and medium local authority highways infrastructure improvement schemes.

Your role will be at the heart of our high performing team, using your technical skills and expertise to help us continue driving forward in terms of both technical quality and service efficiency.

• The delivery of road projects and services for Central Government Authorities, Local Authorities and other public/private sector clients.
• Supporting Senior Engineer/Team Leader with the development of designs using Civil3D and AutoCAD.
• Liaison with stakeholders including landowners and updating consultation management database systems.
• Assisting the Team Leader guiding, supervising and directing junior team members in technical and project management matters to ensure the effective delivery of projects whilst aiding the technical/professional development of the team.

• Relevant Engineering qualification and relevant post‑qualification experience.
• Working towards Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status. Member of an appropriate Institution.
• Ability to work under minimum supervision, or as part of a larger delivery team, on complex projects in a CAD/BIM environment.
• Adept in the use of AutoCAD and aptitude to further develop in Civils3D/GIS including the use of BIM.
• Experience of dealing with stakeholders including landowners and ability to record all consultations.
• Accurate record keeping and excellent attention to detail.

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.

We welcome applicants with varied backgrounds and experiences. We enable rewarding careers by encouraging people to bring their whole and authentic selves to work so that our work represents the fullest spectrum of society. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing a culture of inclusion and belonging  have our employee resource groups bring together employees and allies with different backgrounds to promote our culture of inclusivity.

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