Location
London, primarily serving the southwest of England

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.

WSP are seeking Civil Engineers with experience in Flood & Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) optioneering, design development, and project/programme delivery to support the growth of our expertise and technical capability. We support clients and projects throughout the UK with a focus on the Environment Agency, Network Rail, Local Authority Highways Asset Teams, Local Authority FCERM Programme Delivery, and other asset management organisations. Our work spans from concept through to detailed designs across a range of sectors.

Key responsibilities include appraising and developing outline and detailed designs for engineering flood projects such as scour assessments and scour solutions, flood defences, and coastal engineering. You will lead the delivery of a wide variety of civil engineering scour, coastal, river, and flood-related assessments, appraisals, optioneering, outline design, and detailed design schemes.

You will work with wider infrastructure clients (internal and external) designing hydraulic structures including culverts, weirs, walls, outfalls, and scour protection associated with large infrastructure projects in highways, rail, and property. Additional duties include preparing work schedules and specifications for contractors, carrying out scour assessments and asset inspection works of above and below ground structures, and collaborating with Network Rail, local authorities, and national environmentally based organisations.

We are looking for candidates at Senior Engineer (near Chartered) and Principal (Chartered) Engineer level. You will join our national Sustainable Water Management team, technical leaders in the sector who foster a proactive, responsible, and collaborative work ethic. The successful candidate will become a key part of this vibrant and evolving team, dedicated to delivering innovative, lasting solutions to the highest profile challenges faced by our clients. This role offers an opportunity to shape the future of sustainable water engineering at WSP and make a significant impact on the team and projects.

Experience
- Degree qualified in civil or flood risk engineering
- Post-degree experience in hydraulic designs associated with river or flood defence works
- Knowledge and understanding of flood and river diversion design principles and solutions
- Experience in the use of CAD or Civil 3D
- Site experience, ideally in a site supervision role
- Demonstrable contribution to the successful delivery of projects/programmes meeting quality and commercial targets
- Working towards Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status

About you
Motivated and proactive engineer with strong communication skills, able to work collaboratively with clients and multidisciplinary teams. You are passionate about sustainable water management and eager to contribute to innovative flood risk and coastal erosion solutions. You thrive in a dynamic environment and are committed to professional development and achieving chartered status.

Qualifications
Degree in Civil Engineering, Flood Risk Engineering, or a related discipline. Progress towards Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status is expected.