# Associate - Roads & Highways

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Abu Dhabi
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

We are seeking an experienced Associate to join our Roads & Highways team in Abu Dhabi. This role sits at a senior technical level and will be responsible for leading the design delivery of complex roads and highways packages for large-scale infrastructure and land development projects across the Emirate.

The successful candidate will bring strong technical expertise, extensive experience on Abu Dhabi projects, and a proven ability to coordinate multi-disciplinary teams to deliver fully integrated and compliant design solutions.

## Responsibilities

### Technical Design Leadership

- Lead the planning and detailed design of roads and highways infrastructure, including arterial roads, local roads, interchanges, junctions, and access roads.

- Ensure all designs comply with Abu Dhabi authority standards, manuals, specifications, and international best practice.

- Review and approve technical deliverables, drawings, reports, and design calculations to ensure quality and consistency.

### Project Delivery & Multidisciplinary Coordination

- Coordinate closely with internal and external disciplines including utilities, drainage, traffic, structures, street lighting, landscaping, and public realm.

- Manage design interfaces and resolve technical conflicts to ensure fully coordinated, buildable solutions.

- Support project managers in meeting programme, quality, and delivery milestones.

### Client & Authority Engagement

- Participate in technical meetings, design reviews, and coordination sessions with Clients and Abu Dhabi authorities.

- Support authority submissions and approvals, ensuring timely responses to comments and compliance with requirements.

- Provide technical advice to Clients on design development, constructability, and risk mitigation.

### Commercial & Operational Support

- Assist in resource planning, task allocation, and technical input to project programmes.

- Support bid preparation, fee proposals, and technical submissions for roads and highways projects.

- Contribute to improving internal design processes, standards, and best practices.

### Leadership & Mentoring

- Provide guidance and mentoring to engineers and senior engineers within the Roads & Highways team.

- Support capability development and knowledge sharing across the discipline.

## Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering (Master’s degree preferred).

- 15+ years of professional experience in roads and highways design.

- Extensive experience delivering Abu Dhabi-based infrastructure and land development projects.

- Strong understanding of Abu Dhabi authority standards, approval processes, and regulatory requirements.

- Proven experience coordinating and managing multi-disciplinary design teams.

- Ability to lead technical delivery packages with minimal supervision.

- Strong communication, coordination, and stakeholder management skills.

## Skills

### Required
- Civil Engineering
- Roads and Highways Design
- Abu Dhabi authority standards
- Multi-disciplinary team coordination

### Nice to have
- Master’s degree in Civil Engineering
- Experience with international best practices

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