Description
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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.
A little more about your role…
You will be leading day-to-day technical delivery of civil engineering consultancy services to support clients through all stages of the project life-cycle from feasibility and concept design through to planning, detailed design, and construction.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Providing technical expertise in drainage, SuDS, flood risk, highways, streetscape, earthworks, and utilities for land, property, and infrastructure development projects across various sectors and clients.
- Leading projects as a Project Manager, where required, and providing guidance and support to a team of experienced and developing technical staff.
- Engaging with high-profile clients, managing stakeholders, collaborating with design teams, and managing projects.
- Ensuring projects are delivered within budget, on programme, and to the required quality for technical and legal compliance.
The Development Team is a well-established and high-performing discipline within the Planning and Development business unit, which includes over 800 colleagues focused on project delivery through the whole project life cycle.
Our vision is to be recognised as the best Development team in the industry. We strive to achieve this through continuous improvement and a management structure comprising four pillars: Expertise, People, Clients, and Operational Excellence.
We work with public and private sector land promoters, house builders, developers, architects, government, and local authorities. Some of the multi-disciplinary services we provide include:
- Drainage, flood risk, and SuDS.
- Civil engineering, highways design, and earthworks strategies.
- Utilities, energy planning, and coordination.
- Site appraisal, due diligence, and strategic planning advice.
What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…
- Knowledge and experience in highway design, drainage strategies, technical design, flood risk assessments and management, utility design, and planning, as well as a working knowledge of the development sector.
- Design experience focused on the development sector (drainage, flood risk, highways, earthworks, and utilities).
- Awareness of hydraulics, hydrology, geotechnics, and building structures, as well as an understanding of construction design stages and procedures.
- Ability to produce infrastructure masterplans, site appraisals, technical reports, design calculations, and construction drawings.
- Knowledge of relevant design codes such as Water UK Sewerage Sector Guidance, Design Manual for Roads & Bridges, Manual for Streets, Local Authority Design Guidance, SuDS Manual.
- Awareness of current and emerging technical and planning guidance on climate change and sustainability.
- Ability to use or direct and check the use of relevant software, including Micro Drainage, Info Drainage, Civils 3D, and/or PDS.
- Experience of liaison with clients, co-professionals, and design teams, and competence in liaising with highway, water, statutory, and local authorities.
- Knowledge of the financial and contractual aspects of planning, bidding, and delivering projects.
- Postgraduate experience and nearing Chartership or equivalent commercial experience and responsibility.
- Willingness to become an ICE Supervising or Delegated Civil Engineer (SCE / DE) to assist with training and development of junior team members.
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