Principal Highways Engineer (Liveable Places)
Join WSP in the UK & Ireland as a Principal Highways Engineer in our Liveable Places team. You will lead design and project management of sustainable transport and public realm improvement projects, primarily in London.
Key Responsibilities
* Design Management: Oversee the design process, ensuring that all design work is completed to the highest standards and meets the client’s requirements. This includes managing the design team, coordinating with other departments, and ensuring that all design work is completed on time and within budget.
* Project Management: Manage the overall project, including planning, scheduling, budgeting, and resource allocation. Ensure that all project milestones are met and that the project is completed on time and within budget.
* Client Liaison: Act as the main point of contact for clients, ensuring that their needs are met and that they are kept informed of progress throughout the project.
* Risk Management: Identify and manage risks associated with the project, ensuring that any issues are resolved quickly and effectively.
* Quality Assurance: Ensure that all design work meets the highest standards of quality and that any issues are resolved quickly and effectively.
* Team Leadership: Lead and motivate the design team, ensuring that they are working effectively and efficiently.
Typical Week
* Preparation of highways designs for construction projects and coordinating with other disciplines input into the design
* Design includes drawings, design details, specifications, bill of quantities and design calculations
* Attendance at client and internal progress meetings and maintaining actions trackers
* Liaison with discipline leads and preparing updates to scheme programmes ensuring inter-dependencies and programme logic are applied
* Implementing the correct QA//QM procedures for projects, assisting with the completion of Project Execution Plans and to carry out any actions as a result
* Maintaining project commercial risk registers
* Supporting the preparation of design H&S risk management plans and schedules
* Coordinating inputs from technical disciplines and ensuring that project information is disseminated throughout the teams
* Coordinating technical decision logs
* Overseeing the preparation of fee proposals and change control documents
* Compilation of task assignment documents and arranging internal approvals
* Supporting the management of internal processes for financial reporting including forecasting
* Preparation of Risk Assessments and Method Statements (RAMS) for site surveys and participating in site visits as required
* Taking ownership of updating project plans and managing document control using SharePoint
* Planning and delivery of project deliverables and milestones
* Raising orders for supply chain partners’ technical support
Qualifications
* Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or a related field.
* Experience in design management and project management.
* Holder of a relevant professional qualification (IENG of CENg) or close to obtaining a professional qualification.
* Strong leadership and team management skills.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills both written and verbal and the ability to report to senior level.
* Proven track record of successfully leading design projects from inception to completion.
* Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and work under pressure.
Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team.
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.
Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level. Employment type: Full‑time. Job function: Engineering and Information Technology. Industries: Professional Services.
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