Design Engineer: General Civils

WSP Africa is seeking a talented and detail-oriented Design Engineer:
General Civils to join our Transport & Infrastructure division, based in Midrand or Cape Town.

• Undertake the feasibility, concept, preliminary, and detailed design of civil infrastructure in compliance with relevant codes and standards.
• Design roads, access routes, intersections, platforms, and yards, including general geometric layouts.
• Develop bulk earthworks, grading, and cut-and-fill models using Autodesk Civil 3D.
• Design stormwater-management systems, channels, culverts, attenuation facilities, and erosion-protection measures.
• Design water-reticulation, bulk water, sewer, rising-main, and general sanitation infrastructure appropriate to the project scope.
• Prepare engineering calculations, technical reports, drawings, specifications, tender documentation, and quantities.
• Review survey and geotechnical information and develop practical design solutions around site constraints.
• Coordinate civil services with structural, geotechnical, mechanical, electrical, and environmental disciplines.
• Provide construction-stage support, including responding to technical queries, reviewing contractor information, and conducting site inspections where required.
• Manage allocated design tasks, programme, budget, and quality to deliver high-quality outputs on time and within budget.
• Support client engagement, proposals, and work-winning activities.

• BEng, BSc, or BTech in Civil Engineering.
• Registration as a Candidate Engineer or Candidate Engineering Technologist with ECSA.
• Approximately 2–5 years' relevant civil design experience.
• Strong working knowledge of Autodesk Civil 3D, including surfaces, grading, corridors, pipe networks, and drawing production.
• Demonstrable design experience in earthworks, roads, stormwater, water, and sanitation infrastructure.
• Working knowledge of applicable South African civil engineering standards and approval requirements.
• Good problem-solving, analytical, and technical skills, with sound engineering judgement and attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal, written, and technical report writing skills.
• Ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary project teams and to plan work and meet deadlines.

• Experience on municipal, industrial, mining, or multidisciplinary infrastructure projects.
• Experience with Autodesk Construction Cloud or equivalent common-data environments.
• Experience with hydraulic or stormwater design software.

• Work on diverse municipal, industrial, mining, and transport infrastructure projects across the Transport & Infrastructure business unit.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering and project management teams.
• Flexible hybrid working model.
• Global career development opportunities.
• Inclusive and diverse workplace culture.

Imagine a better future for us all and a better future for you. Join WSP and make your career future ready.