Senior​/Principal Civil Infrastructure Engineer; Development

Position: Senior/Principal Civil Infrastructure Engineer (Development)
Job Description

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?

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…

We are seeking an enthusiastic Senior or Principal Engineer to support our regional Development Team in Cardiff, focusing on civil engineering for development infrastructure.

You will work within a team to lead and produce designs and drawings for construction projects and deliver technical reports for master planning and in support of planning applications. You can expect to be active on several projects and client accounts at any given time. You will report to a senior member of the Development Team.

Your role will involve:

Day to day project management in the delivery of concept studies and strategies with hands on design, leading to planning applications or construction drawing issue

Taking financial responsibility for your projects and being responsible for ensuring your projects are delivered to budget, programme and technical standards

Working on varied multi-disciplinary projects and client accounts, liaising with clients at a local and national level

Direct line management, including mentoring and managing early career professionals ensuring technical excellence is in everything we deliver

Assisting in the preparation of fee proposals, and involvement in business development activities

Helping maintain the culture and positive working environment in the team

Our team work on some of the most prestigious developments in the UK, and you will be helping deliver projects such as:

HS2 Curzon Street Station, Birmingham

Eden Project North

Greenwich Peninsula

HS2 Old Oak Common Station, London

Aston Villa, Birmingham

Bahrain International Sports City, Bahrain.

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, from initial land acquisition, planning support and design, through to scheme implementation.

Our vision is to be recognised as the strongest and best Development team in the industry. We strive to achieve this through continuous improvement and a management structure comprising of four pillars, namely;
Technical Excellence, People, Clients and Operational Excellence.

We help our clients to promote, implement and manage sustainable development, from pre-feasibility through to planning consent; establish plans and provision for how an area, its accessibility and needs, will develop over time and guide sustainable future development; and develop multi-disciplinary design from concept through to detailed design and construction.

We work with public/private sector land promoters and house builders, developers, signature architects, Government, and local authorities. Some of the multi-disciplinary services we provide that you will help deliver include:

Civil engineering, highways design and earthworks strategies

Utilities, energy planning and coordination

Drainage, flood risk and SuDS

Site appraisal, due diligence, and strategic planning advice.

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…

Preferably a Civil Engineering degree and either be Chartered or approaching Chartered status with experience in highway and highway drainage design

Strong post graduate experience in a civil engineering working environment

The ability to produce masterplans, site appraisals, write reports to support planning applications, design calculations and construction drawings

A solid engineering foundation and an understanding of highway design and highway drainage principles (layout, etc.)

Experience in using Civils 3D or PDS (or similar software packages) together with experience in applying Highways England/DMRB and Local Authority design guidance

Experience in design of drainage using Info Drainage and a background in Water…