Location
Bristol

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
What if you could shape a career as unique as you? At WSP, you can always find opportunities to grow and do what matters to you. Make the most of our global reach to discover new challenges and chances to work with diverse, talented individuals who will help you expand your horizons.

Join our growing Drainage Engineering team in the South East as a Principal or Associate Director. You will help shape water, drainage and environmental solutions for some of the UK’s most exciting transportation infrastructure projects. Our team supports clients across rail, highways, Local Authorities and aviation, delivering drainage designs from early concept through to detailed design.

This is a chance to strengthen our technical capability and play a key role in expanding our expertise across the UK. You will be responsible for delivering a wide variety of civil engineering projects, such as highway, rail, infrastructure and site development schemes, from concept through to completion, ensuring they are delivered to a high technical standard, in a timely manner and with commercial success.

You will deliver a broad range of drainage services for the most significant transport and infrastructure projects in the UK, lead client relationships and attend client progress meetings. Managing a team of drainage engineers, you will support their technical development and ensure they are resourced on projects.

Together, our people make up one of the world's leading engineering professional services consulting firms. We’re dedicated to the communities where we live and work in the UK and propelled by international brainpower. Staying curious is what drives us. Looking at challenges from fresh angles helps us deliver future-ready solutions that break paradigms.

Our national sustainable water management team are technical leaders in the sector and foster a proactive, responsible and collaborative work ethic. The successful candidate will become a key part of this team, dedicated to delivering innovative, lasting solutions to the highest profile challenges faced by our clients. Our clients range from HS2, Network Rail, National Highways and Local Authorities and many others, with designs ranging from strategy, concept and feasibility to detail design and construction support.

The role provides an opportunity to shape the future of the drainage team. You will be part of a vibrant and evolving team, with an opportunity to make your mark on the future of the drainage team in WSP.

Experience
Chartered or Incorporated Engineer and/or degree qualified (role dependant). Extensive and proven experience post degree in designing sustainable drainage solutions. Knowledge and understanding of drainage design principles and solutions to manage infrastructure drainage. Experience in the use of Civil 3D and/or Causeway Flow software/MicroDrainage. Proven knowledge of relevant technical standards, UK Building Regulations, Design Standards, Codes of Practice and Health & Safety regulations. Successful management of projects/programmes and teams to meet both quality and commercial targets.

Technical experience in one or more of the following areas:
- Highway Drainage
- Rail Drainage
- Airport Drainage
- Asset Management
- Foul water
- Sustainable foul and surface water drainage design
- Drainage modelling software (Causeway Flow or Microdrainage)

About you
You are a proactive leader with strong technical expertise and excellent client management skills. You thrive in a collaborative environment and are motivated to deliver innovative, sustainable solutions. You are committed to supporting and developing your team while driving commercial success and technical excellence.

Qualifications
Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status and/or relevant degree qualification as required by the role.