# Associate/Associate Director - Bridges

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Carlisle, Cumbria
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

What if you could shape a career as unique as you?

At WSP, you can always find opportunities to grow and do what matters to you. Make the most of our global reach to discover new challenges and chances to work with diverse, talented individuals who will help you expand your horizons.

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.

**Responsibilities:**

- Provide technical leadership of a variety of bridge and civil engineering design and assessment projects in the UK and overseas

- Conduct project reviews to optimise solutions and co-ordinate multi-disciplinary inputs

- Manage resources and develop relationships with other teams

- Agree fees and manage the commercial position on projects

- Lead a culture of technical review and challenge

- Develop client relationships and lead tenders/bids

- Supervise and mentor junior members of the team

**Requirements:**

- Chartered Civil or Structural Engineer

- Practical knowledge and experience of bridge design, maintenance, and assessment

- Practical knowledge and experience of project management of bridge projects

- Proven knowledge in design, maintenance, and supervision of structures related projects

- Experience with Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB) and Manual of Contract Documents for Highway Works (MCDHW)

- 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

**Benefits:**

- Work on landmark projects around the world

- Opportunities to make an impact in the communities you care about

- Culture of learning, development, and support

## Skills

### Required
- bridge design
- civil engineering
- project management
- Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB)
- Manual of Contract Documents for Highway Works (MCDHW)
- Eurocodes
- grillage
- space frame
- finite element analysis
- LUSAS
- Superstress
- SAM

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