Associate; Roads

Join Associate (Roads) role at WSP
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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 and talented Associate to join the Roads team based in Wales, in either our Cardiff or Wrexham offices. You will be providing leadership to a host of talented people ranging from our early career professionals to our established engineers and project managers across our Roads business, using your leadership skills and expertise to help us continue delivering exemplary services to our clients for a diverse range of sectors, clients and projects through all stages of the project life cycle.

You could find yourself leading a variety of projects including strategic network improvements, major and minor highway maintenance and asset renewals, active travel and public transport infrastructure, road safety interventions, as well as public realm initiatives. Our well‑established client base includes Welsh Government, Transport for Wales, North & Mid Wales Trunk Road Agent, South Wales Trunk Road Agent, and Welsh local authorities.

• Be responsible for delivering engineering solutions for projects, or work packages of varying scale, complexity, value and project stages, and could be working across several projects at any given time.
• Act as a Project and/or Technical Delivery Lead in the planning, programming, pricing and delivery either of a single complex project, or across a portfolio of small to medium‑size projects.
• Be responsible for project budget, programme, financial performance, technical standards and legal requirements.
• Work directly with our clients, developing strong trusted relationships, proactively managing their expectations and comprehensively advising them.
• Work collaboratively within the UK Roads discipline and our colleagues in the wider Transport and Infrastructure business to achieve our aims and objectives.
• Use your leadership skills and expertise to support others to maximise their personal contribution to project/team goals.
• Lead and manage other staff members in all areas of project delivery, and for the right candidate, line management.
• Be responsible for compliance with Health & Safety and Environmental Legislation and in‑house quality assurance standards/processes.
• Actively participate with team resource coordination, supporting the set‑up of local and national teams and putting the right people in the right roles.
• Support the Wales & Southwest Regional Director and leadership team with the implementation of business strategies and initiatives.

• A passion for design and developing innovative solutions, demonstrating initiative and ingenuity to solve engineering problems, with a proven track record of achieving excellence.
• CEng or IEng with post‑professional qualification experience.
• Wide‑range knowledge and experience of highway infrastructure engineering and design at various stages of the project life cycle.
• Broad knowledge of relevant design standards and codes of best practice.
• An ability to improve, motivate and inspire others to achieve excellence.
• Commercial and risk management and resolution.
• Experience in the checking and approval of reports and designs for transport studies, and or, construction projects.
• The ability to win new work.
• Expert client/stakeholder management and interpersonal skills are essential.
• Leadership in health, safety and welfare.

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.

• Mid‑Senior level

• Part‑time

• Other

• Professional Services

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We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.