Expression of Interest; Roads

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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.

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.

The redeveloped Longbrook House office in Exeter offers an excellent environment for career growth. The open plan office encourages teamwork across a broad range of disciplines, and includes spaces for individual meetings, small groups, larger collaborations and break out areas. Located in the city centre, the Exeter office is close to key public transport routes and offers views of the surrounding cityscape.

The Roads Team at the Exeter office is involved in a range of exciting projects on both local and global scales. These include high-profile projects such as East West Rail and Sizewell C, as well as more historically A303 Stonehenge and Hinckley Point C – some of the biggest infrastructure projects ever to be developed in the UK.

At the local level, the office has been involved in various projects currently underway in the county, including Cullompton Town Centre Relief Road, Rifford Road Cycle Improvements, and Sky Park Extension around Exeter;
Queen Street Enhancements in Newton Abbott; and the Babbage Building, Royal Parade, Woolwell to the George, and Amarda Way in Plymouth. The team also works with National Highways on maintenance and improvement programmes for the Strategic Road Network, covering routes such as the A30, A35, A38, and M5.

The team contributes to a range of projects for Highway Authorities across the South West region and collaborates with the MOD and developers. The variety of projects and clients reflects the team's experience in infrastructure development.

A Little More About Your Role…

WSP are seeking an enthusiastic and talented engineers at variety of grades from Assistant Engineer through to Principal Engineer to join the Roads team based in Exeter.

Role

You will be leading day to day technical delivery of highway consultancy services to support our clients through all stages of the project life-cycle from feasibility and concept design through to planning, detailed design, and construction. This role will be client facing and the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a track record of delivery of schemes in either the local or national transport arena.

Dependent upon the grade at which you are applicable, the role will involve either leading on or contributing to the following:

• Managing projects to ensure coordination and compatibility of multi-disciplinary inputs on projects of varying scale, complexity and value.
• Liaising with our clients, developing strong trusted relationships, proactively managing their expectations and comprehensively advising them.
• Undertake project technical lead and reviewer roles
• Using your technical ability and experience to support others to maximise their personal contribution to project/team goals.
• Prepare fee proposals and manage budgets for individual projects.
• Be responsible for the development and delivery of discrete and overall project solutions.
• Lead and manage other staff members in the delivery of design drawings, standard construction details, specifications and bill of quantities, supporting the preparation of tender packages.
• Responsible for compliance with Health & Safety and Environmental…