Description
This is an opportunity to register your interest in working with WSP for our Local Government Highways and Transport team based in Trowbridge, Wiltshire.
We provide highways design and consultancy services to local authority clients across the South-West region. We are passionate about supporting our Local Authority clients to deliver improvements for local communities, prioritising Active and Healthy Travel modes and caring about the provision of mobility across the transport network. We have recently secured a new Professional Services Contract with Wiltshire Council, helping them to deliver placed based services for the next ten years.
Responsibilities include:
- Designing highway maintenance and replacement schemes
- Developing drainage strategies and supervising their construction
- Delivering Highway Capacity and Safety Improvements
- Bus Service Improvement works
- Developing transport planning policy and strategy
- Supporting spatial planning across the county
We are open to discussing full-time and part-time opportunities within our team. Our teams enjoy the variety of projects that they are involved in, the opportunity to take projects through from inception through to construction, and the pride they feel in working on projects that create real benefits to local communities.
Requirements:
- A range of project experience, most likely focused on highway, traffic and civil engineering projects.
- A proven ability to act in client facing roles and maintain good client relationships.
- Proven working knowledge of key UK highways design guidance such as the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges, Manual for Streets and Traffic Signs Manuals.
- Strong numerical and analytical skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with confidence in engaging with clients, stakeholders, and colleagues.
- A passion for innovation and development – whether that be your own development or the mentoring of other team members.
- Commitment to health, safety and welfare of yourself and team members.
Benefits:
- Opportunity to work on landmark projects around the world
- Collaborative team environment
- Easy access to public transport links and city centre amenities