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Senior engineer (roads)

Cardiff
Engineer
Posted: 12h ago
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Description 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. You’ll be working alongside a host of talented people ranging from our early career professionals to established engineers and project managers across our Roads business, using your technical skills and expertise to help us continue delivering exemplary services to our clients for a diverse range of sectors, clients and projects through all stages of the project life cycle. You could find yourself playing a key role in a variety of projects including strategic network improvements, major and minor highway maintenance and asset renewals, active travel and public transport infrastructure, road safety interventions, as well as public realm initiatives. Our well-established client base includes Welsh Government, Transport for Wales, North & Mid Wales Trunk Road Agent, South Wales Trunk Road Agent, and Welsh local authorities. A little more about your role… Deliver engineering solutions for projects, or work packages of varying scale, complexity, value and project stages, and could be working across several projects at any given time. Be responsible for ensuring your projects are delivered to budget, programme, technical standards and legal requirements. Liaise with our clients, stakeholders and internal disciplines, developing trusted relationships, and proactively managing expectations. Work closely with Project and Technical Delivery Leads in planning, programming, and pricing of proposals and deliverables. Be responsible for checking and certifying designs, documents and reports prior to approval. Lead and coordinate resources during the delivery of projects or work packages. Mentor and upskill more junior staff helping them develop professionally and progress towards professional qualifications. Be responsible for compliance with Health & Safety and Environmental Legislation and in-house quality assurance standards/processes. What we will be looking for you to demonstrate… A passion for design and developing innovative solutions, demonstrating initiative and ingenuity to solve engineering problems. A Bachelor’s, or Master’s degree in Civil Engineering, or suitable equivalent. Hold IEng or are working towards CEng with demonstrable progress. Wide-ranging knowledge and experience of highway design at various stages of the project life cycle. Specific experience in any, or all, of the following areas is advantageous: highway geometry, active travel, public transport, highway drainage, road restraint systems, pavements, traffic signs and road markings, and utilities. Broad knowledge of relevant design standards and codes of best practice such as the Design Manual for Roads & Bridges, Manual for Streets, TSRGD, Active Travel Act (Wales) Guidance, and Local Authority design guidance. Experience of leading single or multi-disciplinary projects, or work packages. Are well versed in the preparation and checking of reports and drawings for transport studies, and or, construction projects. The ability to use, direct or check the use of relevant software for example Autodesk Civils 3D, Bentley OpenRoads Designer, InfoDrainage, Causeway and/or PDS. Knowledge of all duty holders under CDM regulations. Awareness and proactive management of project and commercial risk in collaboration with Project and Technical Delivery Leads. Good communication, client/stakeholder management and interpersonal skills are essential. 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. Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all. Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world. With us, you can. Apply today. LI-CM1

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