Location
London & South East region (offices in Cambridge, London (Westferry Circus), Basingstoke, Guildford or Southampton)

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
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 Senior Engineer with extensive postgraduate experience in drainage design for Roads, Active Travel and Major Civil Engineering schemes. The role is within our high performing team based in the London & South East region. Your role will be key to the successful delivery of a wide range of projects, using your technical skills and expertise to help us continue driving forward in terms of both technical quality and service efficiency.

You will work as part of an integrated team to deliver high quality engineering services for our clients and coordinate engineering and technician resources to deliver work packages. You will provide technical input to our cross-sector multidisciplinary internal project teams supporting transportation, commercial/residential development and environmental infrastructure projects. You will prepare technical reports and effectively communicate outputs to clients.

Further responsibilities include developing and broadening the technical capacity of the Roads and drainage team, providing technical input and design on roads, public transport and active travel projects. This includes undertaking road drainage systems and flood risk management designs using relevant industry standard software for feasibility, concept and detailed design stages. You will apply DMRB, CIRIA and other relevant standards, develop and deliver design solutions including applications for Departures and Relaxations from Standards, ensuring all requisite approvals and consents are secured.

Strong communication skills and the ability to work independently and collaboratively are essential. You will ensure compliance with Health & Safety and Environmental Legislation and in-house quality assurance standards and processes.

Experience
- Significant postgraduate experience in outline and detailed design and delivery of surface water drainage systems and flood risk management measures for major national road development projects and other major civil engineering infrastructure.
- Excellent working knowledge and understanding of drainage principles, DMRB standards and guidelines, SuDS and hydraulic modelling.
- Proficient in AutoCAD, Civil 3D and ArcGIS software.
- Experienced with drainage design and flood modelling software such as Microdrainage and Causeway Flow.
- Experience with additional software such as InfoWorks ICM, FloodModeller, TuFlow, HEC-RAS (1D/2D) and HEC-HMS is beneficial.

About you
- Degree in Civil Engineering or a relevant discipline.
- Chartered Engineer (CEng) or Incorporated Engineer (IEng) status with a professional institute, or close to achieving this qualification.
- Capable of working to tight project deadlines and working comfortably under pressure.
- Open and honest approach with strong communication skills.
- Enthusiastic and motivated to contribute to a high performing team.

Qualifications
- Degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline.
- CEng or IEng status or near completion.