Principal Engineer - Liveable Places

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.

WSP is seeing a Principal Engineer with a strong focus on pre-design development and detailed design delivery to join our growing Liveable Places team. The role is based from WSP's Reading office, with hybrid working allowing for a mix of in‑office and home working. In this role you will play a key role in leading the technical design of high quality highways, active travel and public realm schemes, shaping streets and places that are safer, greener and more inclusive.

This is a hands‑on technical role, balancing project management, design leadership, assurance and mentoring, while working closely with clients and multidisciplinary teams.

• Leading pre‑design development and detailed design for Liveable Places and urban realm projects
• Acting as technical lead and checker, ensuring compliance with UK standards, CDM compliance and best practice
• Coordinating highways, drainage, transportation and public realm designs with experience in managing multidisciplinary disciplines (e.g., structures, environment & geology)
• Supporting junior staff through technical leadership and mentoring

The Liveable Places team are based in offices across the country with over 200 staff, currently making up the team and with further growth planned. We enjoy our work and are exceptionally enthusiastic people who are great at what we do. This is an excellent opportunity for you to develop in your career through exposure to a wide variety of experiences.

We have a strong track record working closely with our clients and this role provides a great opportunity to have a pivotal role within Liveable Places and help support and steer its growth going forward.

• Chartered or near Chartered Civil Engineer
• Strong experience in UK highways and Liveable Places detailed design
• Experience in highway design and supporting packages
• Confident working with standards such as MfS, DMRB, TSRGD and LTN guidance
• Passionate about design quality and collaborative delivery

Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team.

Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all. Join our close‑knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 80,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.

With us, you can. Apply today.

We are one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms. Our passionate people are united by the common purpose of creating positive, long‑lasting impacts on the communities we serve through a culture of innovation, integrity, and inclusion. With over 11,000 professionals across the UK and Ireland, we are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower.

At WSP, we understand that work is just one aspect of your life. It’s important to make time for you, your family, friends, interests and your community. Our hybrid working policy offers the flexibility to work from home two days a week, while also providing opportunities to collaborate in our modern offices across the UK.

We welcome applicants with varied backgrounds and experiences. We enable rewarding careers by encouraging people to bring their whole and authentic selves to work so that our work represents the fullest spectrum of society. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing a culture of inclusion and belonging  have our employee resource groups bring together…