Location
Cambridge

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.

We are seeking an enthusiastic Senior Engineer to support our regional Development Team in Cambridge, focusing on civil engineering for development infrastructure. You will work within a team supporting the production of designs and drawings for construction projects and technical reports for masterplanning in support of planning applications. You can expect to be active on several projects and client accounts at any given time. You will report to a senior member of the Development Team.

Your role will involve:
- Providing day to day support in the delivery of concept studies and strategies with hands-on design, leading to planning applications, technical approval submissions and construction drawing issue
- Contributing to all types of Development projects across all sectors and clients
- Being active on several varied multi-disciplinary project/client accounts simultaneously
- Supporting and guiding a team of experienced and developing technical staff of various grades
- Engaging in high profile client engagement, stakeholder management, design team liaison (internal and external) and project management
- Being responsible, or actively engaged depending on experience, for ensuring projects are delivered to budget, programme, technical standards and legal requirements

Our team works on some of the most prestigious developments in the UK, including HS2 Curzon Street Station, Birmingham Eden Project North Greenwich Peninsula, HS2 Old Oak Common Station London, Aston Villa Birmingham and Bahrain International Sports City, Bahrain.

The Development Team is a well-established and high performing discipline within the Planning and Development business unit, which includes over 800 colleagues focused on project delivery through the whole project life cycle from initial land acquisition, planning support and design, through to scheme implementation.

Our vision is to be recognised as the best Development team in the industry. We strive to achieve this through continuous improvement and a management structure comprising four pillars: Technical Excellence, People, Clients and Operational Excellence.

We help our clients promote, implement and manage sustainable development from pre-feasibility through to planning consent; establish plans and provision for how an area, its accessibility and needs will develop over time and guide sustainable future development; and develop multi-disciplinary design from concept through to detailed design and construction.

We work with public and private sector land promoters, house builders, developers, signature architects, Government and local authorities. Some of the multi-disciplinary services we provide that you will help deliver include:
- Civil engineering, highways design and earthworks strategies
- Utilities, energy planning and coordination
- Drainage, flood risk and SuDS
- Site appraisal, due diligence and strategic planning advice

Experience
Knowledge of and experience in highway design, drainage strategy and design, flood risk assessment and management, utility design and planning as well as a working knowledge of the Development Industry.

An appreciation of hydraulics, hydrology, geotechnics and building structures as well as an understanding of construction design stages and procedures.

The ability to produce infrastructure masterplans, site appraisals, technical reports, design calculations and construction drawings.

Knowledge of relevant design codes such as Water UK Sewerage Sector Guidance, Design Manual for Roads & Bridges, Manual for Streets, Local Authority Design Guidance and experience preparing drawings for contract documentation and technical approvals.

Awareness of current and emerging technical and planning guidance on climate change and sustainability.

Ability to use or direct and check the use of relevant software including InfoDrainage, Civils 3D and/or PDS.

Experience liaising with clients, co-professionals and design teams, and competence in negotiating outline and detailed technical approvals and statutory agreements with highway, water, statutory and local authorities.

Knowledge of legal processes, planning, design software, technical consents process, adoption and contract procedures for sewers, SuDS, highways and utilities to new developments and regeneration projects.

Understanding of how these skills combine to add value to a client’s development proposal.

Knowledge of financial and contractual aspects of planning, bidding and delivering both large and small projects.

Postgraduate (or equivalent) experience and nearing Chartered status or possessing equivalent commercial experience and responsibility.

About you
Enthusiastic and proactive with strong technical and project management skills.

Ability to work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team and provide guidance to junior staff.

Strong communication skills with experience in client engagement and stakeholder management.

Committed to continuous professional development and delivering technical excellence.

Qualifications
Postgraduate degree or equivalent in Civil Engineering or related discipline.

Chartered Engineer status or working towards Chartership is highly desirable.

Relevant professional certifications and membership of engineering institutions are advantageous.