Senior Civil Engineer; Development

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.

We are seeking an enthusiastic Senior Engineer to support our regional Development Team based in Cardiff, focusing on civil engineering for development infrastructure across Wales and the UK with international opportunities.

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 Wales and the UK, and you will be helping deliver projects such as:

• Hinkley Point C
• 50 Storey Central Cardiff Tower (Wales tallest building)
• North East Cardiff (Wales second largest residential scheme)
• HS2 Curzon Street Station, Birmingham
• Oxford Science Park
• Greenwich Peninsula
• Aston Villa FC, 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

Through our mentoring programme will assist you on your professional journey gain chartership working closely with professional institutions

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.

• Preferably a Civil…