Description
The Ireland Roads team at WSP is seeking an Assistant Engineer with relevant post-qualification experience in the design and project management of road schemes and active travel schemes. The successful candidate will lead and help grow a team undertaking concept, preliminary, and detailed designs for major national road schemes, including the N/M20 Cork to Limerick Project, Public Transport schemes, and active travel schemes for the National Transport Authority and Local Authorities.
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 technical ability and experience to develop staff.
- 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.
Requirements:
- Project management and technical delivery lead of Road or Public Transport/Active Travel schemes, with experience of Transport Infrastructure Ireland/National Transport Authority/Local Authority procedures essential.
- Experience of contract document preparation or contract administration/site supervision using Public Works Contracts.
- Chartered member of a relevant engineering technical institution.
- Experience or knowledge of alignment and drainage design software packages such as Civil3D/Open Roads and WinDes preferred, but not essential.
- Good communication, client management, and interpersonal skills are essential.
- Excellent IT skills including MS Projects.
- Thorough understanding and application of current design standards including Urban Street and/or Active Travel Design, Highway Geometric Design, and TII and NTA Project Management Guidelines.
- Strong stakeholder management experience.