Senior/Principal Civil Infrastructure Engineer (Development)
Job Description
We are seeking an enthusiastic Senior or Principal Engineer to support our regional Development Team in Manchester or Leeds, specialising in 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.
Responsibilities
* Providing day to day support in the delivery of concept studies/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 at any given time.
* You will be supported by a team of experienced and developing technical staff of various grades, to whom you will be expected to provide guidance and support as appropriate.
* Involvement in high-profile client engagement, stakeholder management, design team liaison (both internal and with other external multidisciplinary professionals) and project management.
* Being responsible, or actively engaged depending on experience, for ensuring your projects are delivered to budget, programme, technical standards and legal requirements.
Qualifications
* Knowledge of, and experience in highway design, drainage strategy and design, flood risk assessment and management, utility design and planning.
* An appreciation of hydraulics, hydrology, geotechnics and building structures is desirable.
* The ability to produce infrastructure masterplans, site appraisals, technical reports, design calculations and construction drawings.
* A good knowledge of the relevant design codes such as Water UK Sewerage Sector Guidance, Design Manual for Roads & Bridges, Manual for Streets, Local Authority Design Guidance.
* Good written and spoken communication skills and awareness of current and emerging technical and planning guidance on climate change and sustainability.
* The ability to use relevant software including InfoDrainage and Civils 3D.
* Experience of liaison with clients, co-professionals and design teams.
* A good knowledge of the relevant legal processes, planning, design, technical consents process, adoption and contract procedures.
* A robust knowledge of the financial and contractual aspects of planning, bidding, and delivering projects.
* Postgraduate (or equivalent) experience and are at least nearing Chartership or have equivalent commercial experience and responsibility.
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Flex your time? For improved work life balance, WSP offers the “WSP Hour” which enables you to take one hour per day to do as you wish.
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Please note WSP reserves the right to close the vacancy before the advertised closing date.
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