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Job Description
As an Associate / Associate Director, you will provide technical leadership to our design and assessment teams and will use your knowledge and skills to deliver the right quality to time and budget. You will use those attributes to lead design teams and to mentor and support junior team members.
In this role your responsibilities will include:
* Technical leadership of a variety of bridge/civil engineering design and assessment projects both in the UK and overseas
* Project reviews to optimise solutions and co-ordinate multi-disciplinary inputs
* Managing resources and developing relationships with other teams
* Agreeing fees and managing the commercial position on projects
* Leading a culture of technical review and challenge
* Developing client relationships and leading tenders/bids
* Supervision and mentoring of junior members of the team.
QUALIFICATIONS
It is anticipated that you will be a Chartered Civil or Structural Engineer. It is expected that this experience will include the following:
* Practical knowledge and experience of bridge design, maintenance and assessment, gained from working on both construction sites and the design office;
* Practical knowledge and experience of project management of bridge projects;
* Proven knowledge in design, maintenance and supervision of structures related projects together with a track record of innovation in design and management of structures. Ideally this should include new build, maintenance, assessment and strengthening of bridges and civil structures infrastructure;
* Proven working knowledge of the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB) and Manual of Contract Documents for Highway Works (MCDHW) in relation to structural schemes;
* Understanding and experience of use of Eurocodes and their application to bridge design;
* Experience of design in or assessment of steel, reinforced and prestressed concrete bridge structures;
* Experience of grillage, space frame and finite element analysis software packages such as LUSAS, Superstress and SAM;
* Good communication, client handling and interpersonal skills are essential, plus a willingness to adapt to new challenges and to actively participate in the development of the bridges team.
About Us
We are WSP - Join us and make your career future ready!
WSP recognises that work is only one part of your life and making time for other things is important - whether that's for your families, friends, or yourself.
Our hybrid working policy allows the flexibility to work from the comfort of your own home as well as collaborating in our contemporary offices across the UK.
Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.
Please note WSP reserves the right to close the vacancy before the advertised closing date.
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