Location
Birmingham

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 to join the Roads team based in Birmingham. 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.

You can expect your role to involve:
- Supporting the development of highway designs for a diverse range of sectors, clients and projects through all stages of the project life cycle.
- Being responsible, or actively engaged depending on experience, for ensuring your projects are delivered to budget, programme, technical standards and legal requirements.
- Providing guidance and support to a team of experienced and developing technical staff of various grades.
- Contributing to the development of the team’s internal knowledge base.
- Mentoring and upskilling junior staff to help them develop professionally and progress towards professional qualifications.
- Supporting Project Managers within the design team in planning, programming, technical input to pricing of project briefs, proposals, deliverables and cost estimation.
- Checking, certifying and authorising designs, documents, approvals, and reports for issue.
- Being active on several varied multi-disciplinary project/client accounts simultaneously.
- Coordinating engineering and technician resources to deliver work packages for clients.
- Working collaboratively with clients, key stakeholders and internal teams to deliver schemes and projects.
- On an ad hoc basis, supporting projects with site supervision, monitoring Contractor’s compliance with the Contract and ensuring works are in line with the Works Information.

Experience
A passion for design and developing innovative solutions, demonstrating initiative and ingenuity to solve engineering problems. Relevant knowledge and experience of highway design and/or drainage systems at various stages of the project life cycle. Specific experience in road geometry, roundabouts, at-grade and grade separated junctions, inclusive active travel, highway drainage systems, road restraint systems, traffic sign and road marking design is advantageous. Knowledge of relevant design codes such as the Design Manual for Roads & Bridges, Manual for Streets, TSRGD, Local Authority design guidance and experience preparing drawings for contract documentation and technical approvals including departures from standard. Ability to use or direct and check the use of relevant software including Autodesk Civils 3D, Bentley OpenRoads Designer, InfoDrainage and/or PDS. Experience complying with Designers Duties under CDM regulations. Proactive management of change on tasks/projects with clear communication of potential impacts on programme, cost, and quality.

About you
Enthusiastic and talented engineer with strong technical skills and a commitment to high quality and service efficiency. Able to provide guidance and mentorship to junior staff. Collaborative team player who works effectively with clients, stakeholders and internal teams. Motivated to contribute to a high performing team and support the delivery of diverse projects.

Qualifications
A degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent within a highway design role. Working towards IEng or CEng status with a professional institute. Professional qualifications are advantageous.