# Principal Road Engineer

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Manchester, Greater Manchester
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

We are seeking an enthusiastic and talented Principal Engineer to join the Roads team based in the North West in either our Manchester or Liverpool offices.

You will be leading day-to-day technical delivery of highway consultancy services to support our clients through all stages of the project life-cycle from feasibility and concept design through to planning, detailed design, and construction. This role will be client-facing and the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a track record of delivery of schemes in either the local or national transport arena.

Responsibilities:

- Manage projects to ensure coordination and compatibility of multi-disciplinary inputs on projects of varying scale, complexity, and value.

- Liaise with clients, develop strong trusted relationships, proactively manage their expectations, and comprehensively advise them.

- Undertake project technical lead and reviewer roles.

- Use your technical ability and experience to support others to maximise their personal contribution to project/team goals.

- Prepare fee proposals and manage budgets for individual projects.

- Be responsible for the development and delivery of discrete and overall project solutions.

- Lead and manage other staff members in the delivery of design drawings, standard construction details, specifications, and bill of quantities, supporting the preparation of tender packages.

- Ensure compliance with Health & Safety and Environmental Legislation and in-house quality assurance standards/processes.

- Be actively involved with team resource coordination, supporting the setup of teams and putting the right people in the right roles.

Requirements:

- Relevant knowledge and experience of highway design at various stages of the project life cycle.

- Demonstrable experience in leading a single or multiple design disciplines on relevant projects.

- Experience of contract document preparation or contract administration/site supervision using Public Works Contracts.

- Ability to use, direct, and check design outputs created in relevant software, including Autodesk Civils 3D, Bentley OpenRoads Designer, InfoDrainage, and/or PDS.

- Proactively manage change on tasks/projects, clearly communicating potential impacts on programme, cost, and quality.

- Good communication, client/stakeholder management, and interpersonal skills are essential.

- Chartered Civil Engineer or an Incorporated Engineer with extensive post-professional qualification experience.

- Thorough understanding and application of relevant design codes, such as the Design Manual for Roads & Bridges, Manual for Streets, TSRGD, Local Authority design guidance.

- Experience of complying with Designers Duties under CDM regulations.

## Skills

### Required
- highway design
- project management
- client management
- Autodesk Civils 3D
- Bentley OpenRoads Designer
- InfoDrainage
- PDS
- Public Works Contracts
- CDM regulations

### Nice to have
- road geometry
- roundabouts
- junction design
- active travel
- highway drainage systems
- road restraint systems
- traffic sign design
- road marking design

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