Location
London & South East region (offices in Cambridge, London (Westferry Circus), Basingstoke, Guildford or Southampton)

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
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 are seeking an enthusiastic and talented Senior Engineer with extensive postgraduate experience in drainage design for Roads, Active Travel and Major Civil Engineering schemes. The role is within our high performing team based in the London & South East region.

Your role will be key to the successful delivery of a wide range of projects, using your technical skills and expertise to help us continue driving forward in terms of both technical quality and service efficiency.

A little more about your role…
- Work as part of an integrated team to deliver high quality engineering services for our clients and coordinate engineering and technician resources to deliver work packages.
- Provide technical input to cross-sector multidisciplinary internal project teams supporting transportation, commercial/residential development and environmental infrastructure projects.
- Prepare technical reports and effectively communicate outputs to clients.
- Further develop and broaden the technical capacity of the Roads and drainage team.
- Technical input and design on roads, public transport and active travel projects, including undertaking road drainage systems and flood risk management designs using relevant industry standard software for feasibility, concept and detailed design stages.
- Apply DMRB, CIRIA and other relevant standards.
- Develop and deliver design solutions including applications for Departures and Relaxations from Standards and ensure all requisite approvals and consents are secured.
- Demonstrate ability to communicate effectively and work both independently and collaboratively.
- Ensure compliance with Health & Safety, Environmental Legislation and in-house quality assurance standards/processes.

Experience
- Significant postgraduate experience in outline and detailed design and delivery of surface water drainage systems and flood risk management measures for major national road development projects and other major civil engineering infrastructures.
- Excellent working knowledge and understanding of drainage principles, DMRB standards and guidelines, SuDS and hydraulic modelling.
- Significant experience with AutoCAD, Civil 3D and ArcGIS software.
- Experience with drainage design and flood modelling software such as MicroDrainage and Causeway Flow.
- Experience with related software such as InfoWorks ICM, FloodModeller, TuFlow, HEC-RAS (1D/2D) and HEC-HMS is beneficial.

About you
- Capable of working to tight project deadlines and working comfortably under pressure.
- Open and honest approach.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
- Enthusiastic and motivated to contribute to a high performing team.

Qualifications
- Degree in Civil Engineering or another relevant discipline.
- Chartered Engineer (CEng) or Incorporated Engineer (IEng) status with a professional institute, or close to achieving this qualification.